Think about the characters we have encountered in reading Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Each of the following characters serves a purpose to describe an aspect of culture in the novel. In a well written, multi-paragraphed essay, you are to choose two characters from the novel and explain how Achebe uses his fictional characters to make a statement about culture. Characters to consider: Unoka, Okonkwo, Nwoye, Ikemefuna, Ekwefi, Ezinma, Nwoye’s mother, Uchendu, Obierika, the Egwugwu, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown, the Kotma, and the District Commissioner.

