The novel Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe introduces an interesting character named Okonkwo. Okonkwo lived a life full of contradiction. His main goal in life was to never give up until he was successful and achieved everything he wanted, but then he ended up committing suicide in the end. Okonkwo can be thought of as a tragic hero. He has quality characteristics about him that everyone admires, such as his bravery, strength, and …showed first 75 words of 1362 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1362 total…in that absolute fear he made it happen. Okonkwo’s society will continue to exist. In fact it exists today, but not in the shape that Okonkwo would recognize. This tragedy that Achebe wrote about is summed up perfectly in the last lines of the book. An entire culture, with all of its oral traditions, customs, ceremonies, lives, the very essence of the Ibo people merited a "reasonable paragraph" in the white man’s book.