Things Fall Apart – Symbols

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What do yams symbolize?

Wealth, success, and masculinity in Igbo culture.

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What does fire symbolize?

Okonkwo’s passion, anger, and ultimately his self-destruction.

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What do locusts symbolize?

The arrival of colonizers—first welcomed, then destructive.

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What are egwugwu?

Masked ancestral spirits who act as judges and protect tradition.

If unmasked they die

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What is chi?

A personal god or spiritual force that shapes one’s destiny.

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What is an ogbanje?

A child believed to die repeatedly and return to the mother’s womb.

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What is an osu?

An outcast in Igbo society, considered spiritually unclean and shunned.