Things Fall Apart Conflicts

In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe there are many conflicts that occur that are for the most part all handled differently. Sometimes the conflicts are handled in a positive or negative way which always brings with it huge consequences that shape the story as it goes. Everybody reacts differently to conflict depending on their culture, own preferences, and their view on the conflict.

In Things Fall Apart the character Okonkwo faces many conflicts which he usually handles with his culture's values coming first. One example from the book is when the clansmen are taking Ikemefuna out to kill him. Okonkwo had bonded with Ikemefuna to the point of a father-son relationship where they both respected each other as such. Okonkwo, despite his love to Ikemefuna, went with the men to kill
What this means is that despite what their culture or personal preferences are they will still usually what they feel is best for themselves. There are several if not hundreds of examples of this occurring in the modern world and it is all over the news. One of the current ones that is quite controversial is Hillary Clinton with her emails. She had the nation's security and secrets in her knowledge in her hands and yet she exposed them to several people over a private email server. She then deleted all the emails and denied ever doing this because it was in her best interest to keep herself safe but in her action she has put the whole country into danger's way. This is a prime example about how people will act in way to protect themselves even if it mean throwing everything else out or under the bus.

So in the end the major influences on how people react to conflicts is their culture, personal preferences, and how they feel about the conflict at hand. The greedy actions usually end up with negative results while the ones with others in mind can hurt you but help others