![]() Say you have a nomadic, tribe like people that are ranchers and farmers in Central Africa. This happens all the time when someone leaves their homeland and most of the time they do not lose it completely, but it entirely depends on what the culture of their homeland is. Losing identity can occur when an entire group of people is either forced into a different area or when they want to live in an area so bad they are willing to drop someone their old customs for the customs of their adopted country. However, once one loses culture they lose their heritage and they thus turn into a different person. A man like Achebe seems like someone that would be very big on culture of a particular group of people and understands that culture gives a person their identity. November 7, - I would have to agree with you completely on that. This could have been his reason for choosing the title and it could also be his take on the term. By adding a title that reminds people of a poem that talks about the fall of Christianity, it makes it even more controversial and makes it more well known. I have not read his book but it seems fairly provocative. I personally find the title of his book and its connection to the poem to be a major stretch of the imagination and is simply a case of looking into something too much.Īnother possibility occurs when you look at the topic he talks about. Things like this happen all the time and it is not at all unusual to misconstrue the message that the author is sending in the title. ![]() November 8, - I find that it could be possible that Achebe had your thought in mind, but he also simply used the term "things fall apart" because it was a rather common term and sounded somewhat clever. I find the term "things fall apart" to be a rather simply title and that it is entirely plausible that he did not even know about poem, but simply picked the same three worded title. I find it plausible that it was simply part of his thesis in his book and any connection is simply coincidental. I have not read his book either, but I would think that if he were to choose a title of his book he would not want to pick something that is seen as negative to something such Christianity and alienate people due to it. November 8, - Not going to lie that is an interesting theory, but I wonder if that could simply just be conjecture as opposed to what other people see with his title. ![]() For example, I organize events and when multiple things go wrong with an event, I tend to say 'things are falling apart.' It's definitely not as literal and extreme as the phrase was used by these authors and poets. I use this phrase myself when negative events take place back to back and when something is not succeeding as I expected. I have not read any of the poems or 'Things Fall Apart' books but I had not expected the phrase to mean 'the end of the world' literally in them. The origin of this phrase was definitely much more pessimistic than how it is generally used today. I think William Butler couldn't have selected a better title for his poem. So both physically and contextually, the end of the world is a complete falling apart. ![]() Texts describe that when everything ends, the whole universe will emerge and become flattened. The anti-Christ is said to arrive at this time and will present the last test to humanity, until the arrival of Christ and the official end of life on earth. Many texts and stories talk about how there will be chaos, famine and war as the world nears it's end. ![]() It does very much describe a world where everything is falling apart. I'm interested in religious texts and theories and have read a lot about how the end of the world is described in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. And not just in Christianity but in the other Abrahamic religions as well. I personally think that 'Things Fall Apart' is a suitable title and way to some up the end of the world. ![]()
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