Things Fall Apart
Literary devices that achebe uses?
all novel
all novel
Metaphor:
“Okonkwo was popularly called the ‘Roaring Flame.’ As he looked into the log fire he recalled the name. He was a flaming fire” (Page 153)
Simile:
“. . . Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan . . .” (Page 1)
"You drove him to kill himself and now he will be buried like a dog"
Symbols
Tribal Drum- Symbol of Unity
Flashback:
In the beginning of the novel, Okonkwo talks about when he beat Amalinze in a fight.
onomatopoeia
"obeyed without a murmur"
Euphemism
"if he and his men played monkey tricks...."