Things Fall Apart Connection Number Three

Things Fall Apart Chapter 16-20 Connection

                So in chapter seventeen we see that the conflict between Okonkwo and Nwoye has once again hit a peak. This time Okonkwo had been informed that Nwoye was hanging out with the christian missionaries by one of his cousins. When Nwoye returns to his fathers compound, Okonkwo demands to know where he has been while he is currently choking his son’s neck. After Nwoye leaves to go to school in Umuofia and Okonkwo is left wondering where he went wrong and how is son can be so weak. Yeah that’s pretty much what I got from this section. So my connection to the real world is the relationship between child and parent.  Yeah generic but you know what it’s like to go completely against your parents… A majority will still love you but there are still crazies that will pretty much disown you. For instance my older sisters friend Rob. Rob is our personal mechanic and we have known him for like seven years.  Anyway when Rob was fifteen, his parents decided to get a divorce. Since technically the divorce didn’t go into mediation until right after he had turned sixteen, Rob got to choose which parent would have primary custody over him. In the end, Rob chose his dad over his mom. So this is where the connection really comes into play… His mom was like Okonkwo and his father was like Nwoyes new relationship with the church. When Rob chose his dad over his mom, well his mom completely disowned him and said everything short of I only have one son now.  Rob was heartbroken when he couldn’t even call her his mom anymore just like Nwoye couldn’t call his father’s compound Home anymore. But in the end their choices may have been for the better.