Things Fall Apart, Chapters Six, Seven, and Eight

Chapters Six, Seven, and Eight made for some really intense reading. You are now on the journey to the ultimate downfall of Okonkwo. While learning more about the cultural traditions of the Ibo tribe, you also watched as Okonkwo’s tragic flaw manifests itself. His fear of looking weak causes him to murder Ikemefuna. Murder of another tribe member is a great sin, and it weighs heavily on the tragic hero. From this point forward, you will watch him as he is sucked into the “widening gyre” leading to “mere anarchy [being] loosed upon [his] world.”