The Second Coming Comparison
The book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, expresses a lot of similarities to the poem The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats. The words ‘‘The Second Coming’’ give us a warning of an apocalypse that might furturistically happen. The apocalypsis is reffering to the end of the civilization in our world. In his poem Butler is referring and connecting it to the Civil War It gives a deep connection to Things Fall Apart, because in the book it is impposible to stop changes from happening. Whenever Okonkwo has hope with him, things then later happen to fall apart.
In both pieces the poem and the book, the main theme is the sacrifice of something to avoid changes coming along. When Okonkwo is exiled from his village for accidentally kiling a kid, the whole village get together to vanish him. They assume a common identity and in doing so they act without malignity. However, Obierika who is his closest friend participated in the purge of Okonkwo’s land to reside …show more content…
‘‘Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer’’. Shows constant adjusments we can arrange in our lives but we cannot rewind to the past. Chinua Achebe describes Umuofia and a major shift from the beggining of the novel and changes throughout it.
Even though The Second Coming we might see it as the apocalypse from the poem. In the book is addressed differently, it is all about time. It cannot be paused or rewind so everything that happens cannot be change. Also, it does not give time for people to prepare for the Apocalypse and it makes it hopeless. In things fall apart Christianity brought into Umuofia was the main cause of all the chaos. Making all people forget where they come from and all about their ancestors and also making their culture slowly fade away.
Okonkwo ends his life. It was his last resort saving along the way his heritage and the honor he once had, as he suffered with Christianity that was brought to his
In both pieces the poem and the book, the main theme is the sacrifice of something to avoid changes coming along. When Okonkwo is exiled from his village for accidentally kiling a kid, the whole village get together to vanish him. They assume a common identity and in doing so they act without malignity. However, Obierika who is his closest friend participated in the purge of Okonkwo’s land to reside …show more content…
‘‘Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer’’. Shows constant adjusments we can arrange in our lives but we cannot rewind to the past. Chinua Achebe describes Umuofia and a major shift from the beggining of the novel and changes throughout it.
Even though The Second Coming we might see it as the apocalypse from the poem. In the book is addressed differently, it is all about time. It cannot be paused or rewind so everything that happens cannot be change. Also, it does not give time for people to prepare for the Apocalypse and it makes it hopeless. In things fall apart Christianity brought into Umuofia was the main cause of all the chaos. Making all people forget where they come from and all about their ancestors and also making their culture slowly fade away.
Okonkwo ends his life. It was his last resort saving along the way his heritage and the honor he once had, as he suffered with Christianity that was brought to his