Things Fall Apart Rhetorical Devices

Chinua Achebe uses many techniques in Things Fall Apart, such as foreshadowing. Ikemefuna, who was murdered in the book, was referred as an “ill-fated boy” a few chapters before he died. This shows that Ikemefuna was going to die, and it already makes the readers wonder what is going to happen to Ikemefuma. Also, Obierka tells Okonkwo that when the missionaries come he should kill himself, and in the end of the book Okonkwo hangs himself. Use of flashback is a huge technique used; in chapter 16, Obierka revealed a flashback of him finding out that Nwoye was converted into Christianity. Another flashback in Chapter 9 is when Enzima’s iyi-uwa was discovered. Use of flashback reveals more information about specific situations and lets the reader