Things Fall Apart — Content Guide for Parents
Found in this book
- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentBrief
- ReligionCentralChristian, Other or made-up faith
- Race & cultureCentral
- Gender rolesSupportingTraditional roles, Challenges traditional roles
Not found
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender & orientation
Couldn't confirm
- Profanity
- Profanity: The sources describe the plot and themes but say nothing about the book's language.
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Things Fall Apart appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Okonkwo beats his wives and children, kills a boy he raised, beheads a messenger, and ends his own life, and colonial forces kill villagers. A boy is killed by the man he calls father, and newborn twins are left to die in the forest.
Does Things Fall Apart have violence?
Found (Supporting): Okonkwo beats his wives and children, kills a boy he raised, beheads a messenger, and ends his own life, and colonial forces kill villagers.
Does Things Fall Apart have scary content?
Found (Brief): A boy is killed by the man he calls father, and newborn twins are left to die in the forest.
Does Things Fall Apart have religion?
Found (Central, Christian, Other or made-up faith): Christian missionaries arrive in the village and clash with the Igbo people's own beliefs, gods and rituals, and a son converts.
Does Things Fall Apart have race & culture?
Found (Central): The story shows white missionaries and a colonial government taking over Igbo society in 1890s Nigeria and treating the Igbo people as primitive.
Does Things Fall Apart have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources describe the plot and themes but say nothing about the book's language.
Does Things Fall Apart have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Things Fall Apart have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Things Fall Apart have gender roles?
Found (Supporting, Traditional roles, Challenges traditional roles): Okonkwo's idea of manliness shapes how he treats his wives, children and himself, and his society values men over women.
Does Things Fall Apart have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
