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Title of Paper : Things Fall Apart In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the families play different roles than those of today’s families. The men, women, and children all had various chores and activities that people do not do today. The main character, Okonkwo, was the leading male of his household. This means he controls and tells everyone else in his immediate family what to do. Males were more dominant in their society. Even young …

…important rich person in society. Women needed to be a great cook. Also women needed to be good storytellers to tell the young children the origin of things. The people in the novel had different roles in society than the people of today. This had many reasons, but was caused by the way they lived and developed. Men have superiority over women, but women did not mind because this is all they had ever known.