In Chinua Achebes novel Things Fall Apart a well known aphorism pride goes before a fall was used I agreed with and supported this statement The story line itself backed up this statement as well Through Okonkwos hard work he became a great man with a sense of pride and haughtiness who then suffered a loss of pride which ultimately led to his down fall and his own suicide This book went along with the commonly stated clich In addition to that there was a widely known joke that went well with th