"Things Fall Apart"
...ion, but complete obedience. When Okonkwo takes Ikemfuna on a walk with clansmen, and the clansmen attacks Ikemefuna, a boy that okonkwo has taken a liking to in regards of him being his son in a way. In order to not show what okonkwo views as weakness, he cuts down Ikemfuna himself, which is perceived to be a sin among the culture, which snowballs into becoming a social rift which untimely turns into Oknonkwo being banished from the village for seven years. Another rift in the novel, Things Fall Apart was when Okonkwo murdered the white man in front of his fellow tribesmen in order to incite a riot and revolution. When okonkwo murders the white man, the response of the villagers is not what he expected, and he creates another social rift. By the time okonkwo wants to have a revolution, the villagers have already become accustom to having white culture integrated into their own by accepting education and religion. Also, throughout some of the novel, some villagers display negative feelings towards the evil forest where newborns are left to die. One villager even leaves the village due to it. This rift in the society makes it...