What are the problems in things fall apart?

Answer 1

There are many problems in Things Fall Apart, including

• drought
• torrential rains
• laziness
• debt
• people who won't pay back their debts
• excessive anger
• needless traditions
• excessive pride
• lack of a central command structure for all the villages to follow
• wife-beating
• illness and death
• the need for justice, which leads to Ikemefuna's death and the exile of Okonkwo
• personality conflicts, the most notable being that of Okonkwo and his son Nwoye.
• white courts which are corrupt and bribable
• lack of understanding between different cultures, and a high-handedness to accompany it
• locusts
• revenge killings, including the slaughter of Abame
• lack of yam splitting skills
• Ojuigo's negligence
• The need to negotiate bride price and tribute, with the worry that one side or another will behave unfairly.
• Having to bury a man who has desecrated himself
• lack of freedom due to an imposed system
• there can be only one champion wrestler