Thesis Statement and Outline

Thesis Statement

 In Things Fall Apart Achebe attempts to compare the conflicting realms of Igbo society and colonial civilization shaped by his own desire to reconnect with Igbo culture and explore the seemingly hegemonic acceptance of missionaries. 

Topic Sentences

T.S. 1: Achebe uses the characterization of Obeirika to distance Igbo society from their social and cultural values and traditions and demonstrate a social transition towards colonialism.

T.S. 2: Achebe's development of Okonkwo as a pseudo-biographical character serves to establish similarities in the absence of inherited sense of identity and a renegotiation of a relationship with the Igbo traditions. 

T.S. 3: An attempt at relating cultural aspects of the Igbo and the western world is demonstrated in the way Achebe chooses to oversee some factors of Igbo culture exemplified in the novel by the way he only focuses on Ekwefi rather than the polygamous nature of marriage.  

Conclusion: Ultimately, however, with the death of Okonkwo and the events leading up to it, Achebe suggests that society must progress forward, an idea reflected in his Christian upbringing 

Thesis Statement

Thesis Statement: "In Things Fall Apart, Achebe uses the Character of Obierika as a foil to that of Okonkwo in order to highlight the conflict and contrast between static and dynamic society, ultimately suggesting that in order to survive a society must accept change."