Instructions
Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, titled his book using a line from “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” After reading “The Second Coming” and the full text of Things Fall Apart, write an essay about the influence of outside forces and changing events on the life of the protagonist in the novel. Use the following questions to formulate your essay:

1. What was life like for the protagonist before the changes in his village?

2. How did things fall apart in his world?

3. Was the outcome predictable?

4. How did you feel about the outcome?

Criteria for This Assignment
Length and Formatting Requirements

Five to six pages, double spaced
Time New Roman, 12-point font
Works Cited page
In-text citations
Content Requirements

Analyze all four questions above in your esay
Analyze and describe how outside forces influence the events in Things Fall Apart.