Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Jude Chudi Okpala analyzes Achebe's Things Fall Apart in her article for Callaloo. In the 2002 essay, she explains different hermeneutics – or study of the bible's methodology – that are featured in Achebe's story. She also discusses metaphysics and Igbo metaphysics. She looks at what these two have to do with the story. A theme that is common throughout the text is also analyzed as well. One of the hermeneutics she mentioned is the linguistic repetition, which "argues for the illegitimacy of any anthropological interpretation of text" (Okpala 559). This means that because analyzing the text from an anthropologic perspective should not be considered trust worthy. Do not just depend on this text being authentic because of one perspective. Another of the hermeneutic form mentioned "explores the historical and cultural contexts of the novel" (559). It looks beyond what Achebe wrote in his novel. It looks at what things outside of the text influenced the world of Things Fall Apart. With these three hermeneutics, the author "shall…explore the text with the intention of showing how Achebe uses metaphysics in his narrative
It gives the impression that every action has a reaction, but "not every event has explainable and verifiable causes" (563). Both Okonwko's and Okoli's lives are "representatives of inauthentic existence, or improper existence" (563). Okonwko and Okoli should not be the example to base the average person's existence on. Okoli did not have an acknowledged burial due to the fact that he killed the python, leading his people to no longer believe in him as a person. "The lack of cultural finality creates not only a metaphorical gap between them and their people, but a narrative silence that can be read meaningfully from an Igbo cultural context" (563). This quote explains the significance of the fact Okoli did not have a funeral, not only to his people, but also to the reader of the