According to David Whittaker, Achebe's work "proved to be a hugely influential work for African writers, becoming the progenitor of an entire movement of fiction, drama and poetry, focused on the reassessment of the history and cultures of Africa, and on the representations of cultural conflicts that have their origins in the colonial era. This novel became a turning point of achievement not only for Africa, but also for the world. Suddenly the world, afraid of what change might bring, pushed the same question to the back of its mind: “What if we got it all wrong?” Suddenly African culture was influencing the culture of America, Asia, Europe, Australia, etc. Achebe's novel was a catalyst in the process of nationalist revival and decolonization of African culture as a whole (Whittaker). One of the tenets of this novel's thematic journey is the intergenerational conflict faced not only by the village as a whole, but also, on a microscopic level, Okonkwo's house. As Umuofia's culture begins to evolve, the current generation's predecessors rely heavily on the cultural norms initiated by their fathers' fathers. If tradition is to be honored in a society, it must also be changed; this concept is not fully understood by older generations of