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Just when people thought that everything is fine, things start to fall apart. This happens to the people in the village of Umuofia. Many of them believe that everything is happening the way it all has to. But they don’t realize that things start to fall apart when they least expect it. Not until the drastic events that happened in their clan. But even before the confinement of their clan, things are gradually falling apart. When do things start to fall apart? Why do things fall apart? Each character shares a piece of what really make things fall apart. Unoka is the father of Okonkwo. He is an idle person, lazy and improvident. That makes his life uneasy. Things fall apart because he tends to forget his responsibilities as a man. He must have realized it earlier but he chooses not to do anything about it. His life ended with nothing to be proud of. There’s always hope but in his case he let that hope go astray. Unoka has a son, Okonkwo. He is a great warrior, feared and honored by many. He works hard to maintain such honor. He is a man of courage, yet he is a man of cowardice. He shows his braveness to his family and to the people of Umuofia. His wife and children are afraid of him. He is heartless. O