Answer:
The sub story of Ikemefuna in the book Things Fall Apart, describes the issues of cultural practices and traditions in Umuofia village, and the belief that men should be strong both in action and decision making.
Explanation:
One of the important sub story of the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the story of Ikemefuna, the adopted child of Okonkwo, a popular and highly respected Wrestler in the Umuofia village. Ikemefuna who happened to be a closer friend and mentor of Nwonye, the eldest of Okonkwo, was at a point concluded by the village traditional elders, to be the sacrificial lamb to the gods. Ikemefuna, though, unknowingly to him, considered Okonkwo as his father, it was Okonkwo, despite loving Ikemefuna as his son, that eventually kill him, during the process of executing Ikemefuna to the gods. This is an act Okonkwo considered necessary, so as not to appear weak to the village eyes.
Hence, the issue of Ikemefuna sub story, which centers around his death, describes the issues of cultural practices and traditions in Umuofia village, and the belief that men should be strong both in action and decision making.
It set the pace of the followed occurrence in the book. Some of which is the symbolic exile of Okonkwo from Umuofia village, and the break down in relationship between Okonkwo and his eldest son Nwonye.
