Things Fall Apart is a novel by chinoa Achebe that not only deals with themes related to the internal life of Igbo Society but also portrays the social life of people under colonialism the novel is not only about customs and traditions but also about the choices of people and the consequences that they face after making such choices the writer sketches themes very minutely and also uses the technique of symbolism to inject his concept into the minds of his readers in a single long narrative story the writer talks about social life religions Clans clashes change transformation tradition customs and also their beliefs and dogmas the title of the novel Things Fall Apart that the poet grabbed from w b yates's poem The Second Coming summed up the whole life of people who once lived under colonialism s of the novel Things Fall Apart it is very much difficult to make a complete analysis of a literary work however some things that apparently seem the same to everyone are helpful to explain it major themes that are obvious in chinoa achebe's novel Things Fall Apart are Traditions rituals and practices choices of people and their consequences alienation and loneliness disloyalty change and alteration colonialism good versus evil cultural and religious conflicts Traditions rituals and practices the novel is all about the practices and traditions of people it is an answer to those who believed that the Nigerians do not know anything about social order it is the story of a community that has defined its own meanings of Life a society that lives a simple life while following its own principles and dogmas in Igbo Society masculinity is a traditional concept of being the head of a family it is the tradition that the head must be a strong person is one of the strongest people in the nearby tribes he produces more yams as compared to other people in his vicinity if a person has more wealth he can have as many wives as he wants due to acquiring more wives and the number of yams that Okonkwo grows each year he becomes one of the most valuable people in his Society it is therefore or conequo deals with everything with iron hands he thinks that his father was a loser hence he scolds his son and directs him not to be like his father in addition to this traditional concept of living there are other customs and practices that force people to believe that the novel Things Fall Apart contains a lot more themes related to customs and traditions ceremonies and people Gatherings are worth mentioning here in this regard the writer portrays the action of people regarding preparing cleaning decorating houses and shaving heads for the new yam feast telling stories of ancestors to children and youngers on these occasions is also one of the most discussed traditions in this novel it was also the belief of individuals to split the people into different tribes and each tribe has its own rules however most of them were common in short it is not wrong to say that without following the traditions and Customs it was impossible for a tribe to survive in Igbo Society choices of people and their consequences everyone in the novel has choices to make there are many options and people can make selections at the start of the novel The Writer talks about okonkwo's father who had no respect in the community or conequo has two choices either to spend life like his father or to work hard and gain respect he prefers hard work and becomes famous in his vicinity Ikea mafuna also chose to work hard or conquo's son on the other hand does not want to be like him similarly some people choose to accept Christianity but others refused or conequo at the end of the novel also chooses death rather than living a miserable life besides he loves Ike mafuna but he kills him with his own hands so that people do not consider him weak nonetheless in spite of so many choices the protagonist of the novel does not consider himself responsible for his actions similarly people believe that white men force them to follow their path despite the fact that they open-heartedly accept their preachings as they were already fed up with their customs in this way the themes of choices and consequences Prevail in chinoa achebe's novel Things Fall Apart alienation and loneliness it seems that chinua Achebe knows psychology in addition to external conflicts he also shows internal conflicts that are there in the minds of people for instance NY feels isolated from his family he thinks that his father criticizes him just for the sake of criticism and not for the purpose of welfare Okonkwo was also exiled from his tribe when he returns he does not find any charm that was previously there he feels that it is too late for him to react as the white men have successfully penetrated their religion into Nigerian Society everyone in society has to perform his own role there is no one that can support others hence every person in this Society is a single entity if one wants to be successful he has to work hard single-handedly chinua Achebe portrays alienation and loneliness as one of the major themes in Things Fall Apart it is also the main reason why NY accepts Christianity themes of disloyalty and betrayal in the novel Things Fall Apart it has already become crystal clear that the people of Igbo Society accept change as per their own wishes and whims Okonkwo feels that his people are treacherous they do not stand against The Intruders in fact they allow them to come and teach them a new method of spending life similarly okonquo believes that his son NY also betrays him while joining the white missionaries change in Alteration change is the law of nature chinua Achebe sketches change and transformation as two main themes in his novel themes Fall Apart the Clans who were once close to customs and rituals forget everything in the end they used to listen to their gods and ancestors before making decisions but subsequently they ignore everything their beliefs seem like a lie to them the new religion is about one God and the people either have to reject it or declare that their previous religion was false people make choices and ultimately change their religions chinua Achebe also selects Things Fall Apart as the title of the novel because it sketches themes of change and alteration every custom and each tradition vanishes at the end of the novel or conquo feels that most of the Clans have accepted the change hence he chooses death colonialism chinoa Achebe also introduces the themes of colonialism and imperialism in his novel Things Fall Apart he shows the postcolonial condition of the Nigerian people in order to point out its major drawbacks as discussed Supra the writer talks about conflicts between two cultures and religions in his book to show how colonizing a society impacts the lives of people it is Oracle to the people that white men would come and destroy their social norms hence when they see a white man they kill him in retaliation white men burn the whole village of baim the writer illustrates the cruelty of white men through this incident he concludes that colonialism never benefits the people rather it creates fear in their minds he quotes the incident to demonstrate that missionaries want to make Nigerian slaves it is also notable that the writer expresses his impartial opinions he splits people into two types ones who reject the new religion and traditions second who accept it is true that Things Fall Apart is a postcolonial novel yet the writer sincerely shows both sides to his readers good versus evil apart from Clash conflicts there is a dispute between people in the form of themes of Good and Evil in chinoa achebe's novel Things Fall Apart for some the new religion is good whereas others think that their previous beliefs were better Christianity gives them a new constitution for living in a society previously people were making brutal decisions for instance icomafuna dies for nothing he does not do anything wrong even though he was killed he loves Okonkwo but in return he gets death or conequo also spends many days in despair after killing him somehow he realizes that the decision of the clan is Against Humanity nevertheless it is also true that with the arrival of a new religion in society people go against their own people cultural and religious conflicts chinua Achebe discusses two cultures and two religions in this play he talks about different conflicts in Things Fall Apart cultural conflict is the main one at the start of the novel we see happy people following their rules and customs the culture was everything to them they were divided into tribes and every tribe had a leader in difficult times they consulted their mothers or maternal uncles in their society Only the strongest and hardest workers can survive ebo culture is the combination of different norms and rituals white men arrive and destroy everything there were many dissimilarities between both cultures and religions it is not easy for people to accept change in Tradition due to which there was a conflict between the two cultures people like Okonkwo try to defend their culture but the stronger one survives at the end of the novel chinua Achebe very realistically paints themes of cultural and religious conflicts in his novel Things Fall Apart