Tossing and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things are falling apart; the center cannot hold; Simple anarchy is unleashed on the world. This is an excerpt from the poem "The Second Coming", which serves as the basis for the novel "Things Fall Apart". This title is indicative of the many themes explored throughout the story. I feel like the story is broken up into three different themes in order to get to the main theme. The themes of tradition, social appearance and belonging, as well as fear and anger, are blended in a way that highlights the main theme of the story. This idea is that although, throughout life, one can train themselves to think that they have absolute control over all things in their life if they want to, this is really not the case. The author shows the reality that through these ideas we allow our brains to believe that if we master these things and take control of them, life as we know it will always be the same. The danger of thinking this way is that in doing so you never prepare yourself for change, and if you are not prepared for change everything in your life can fall apart. The conflict between these issues shows that while we may have momentary control over ourselves and/or our family and even our culture, we do not have complete control over change, which is inevitable. The story takes place among the Ibo tribe of Umuofia, which is one of nine villages that combine to form one large clan in Nigeria. These tribes are those who have extremely high courage, strength, tradition and customs. The theme of tradition is examined in The Dangers 3, showing that they are a proud people, who rely solely on the will of "their gods" to direct their path in life, which brings them to their tower great strength and prosperity. This is evident through a dialogue that takes place in the text detailing what happens when a tribesman disobeys a law established by the gods: “You are not a stranger to Umuofia. You know as well as I that our ancestors commanded it before. we plant any crop in the land we must observe a week during which a man does not say a harsh word to his neighbor.