Unraveling Gender Dynamics in Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart

Literature & Communication📄 Essay📅 2026
Name Institutional affiliations Date The last paragraph of Things Fall Apart In the last paragraph of Things Fall Apart, Achebe chose to end the novel with two tragedies: the tragic death of Okonkwo and the second being the tragic end of the beliefs and culture of the Igbo people. Achebe wrote this and placed it at the end of the novel to signify the end of a long enjoyed culture that the Europeans could not fathom while marking the beginning of a missionary rule. Further, it would serve as the Europeans' new perception of the African cultures through the book the commissioner plann
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