Female children are to help their mothers with chores, including cooking, cleaning, and farming. They are to become beautiful so that they can be sold off to a high ranking clansman at a high price. They help provide food to their fathers.
Male children are to inherit in their father's work, helping with chores, farming, and wine-tapping among other tasks. They are to become strong men, excelling in Wrestling and other war fare.
Things Fall Apart was originally published in London.
Wrestling was the major sport in Things Fall Apart.
yams in things fall apart symbolises wealth
The second half of Things Fall Apart deals with colonialism and its effects.
The people in Things Fall Apart are villagers of the Igbo tribe.
8 children :)
There is no such character in Things Fall Apart.
Things Fall Apart is a book, which counts as literature.
Okonkwo's children in Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart" are Nwoye, Ezinma, and Ikemefuna.
Ekwefi loses 9 of her 10 children in infancy.
Things Fall Apart was originally published in London.
Wrestling was the major sport in Things Fall Apart.
Yes, Nwoye is a boy in Things Fall Apart.
yams in things fall apart symbolises wealth
One metaphor in Chapter 9 of "Things Fall Apart" is the comparison of Okonkwo's internal turmoil to a raging fire that he cannot control or extinguish. Another metaphor is the portrayal of Okonkwo's fall from grace as a mighty tree that is uprooted and destroyed by outside forces. These metaphors emphasize the destructive consequences of Okonkwo's pride and stubbornness.
The second half of Things Fall Apart deals with colonialism and its effects.
No, "Things Fall Apart" is a work of fiction. It is a novel written by Chinua Achebe and is not based on real events or people.