Parnika Jain's Key Ideas from Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe

Throughout Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo's actions and emotions are dictated by his dread of weakness and failure. Because of the apparent weakness in his father, he is an unreasonable and furious guy who clings to macho ideals. To attempt to escape the destitute, unworthy death that his father experienced, he develops into a well-respected farmer, wrestler, and fighter. Because of his dread and wrath, he acts irrationally, breaking Igbo tradition and upsetting his clan's gods.

One major issue in Things Fall Apart is masculinity. The idea of masculinity is the foundation of Okonkwo's whole personality. Many of the characteristics Okonkwo views as uniquely feminine were present in his father. In addition to being careless with money, he disregarded his family.

The customs, beliefs, and cultures of the nine clans in the book are distinctly complicated. In order to provide the reader a clear understanding of the dramatic contrast between the impacts of religious colonialism, Achebe goes to considerable lengths to present them as simply as possible. After his exile, Okonkwo returns to the Umuofia tribe, where Christianity has taken root. They want to completely eradicate the native social, religious, and political customs because they consider them to be barbaric.