"Things Fall Apart" and "The Second Coming"

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe happens to be one of my favorite novels, so when we discussed "The Second Coming" in class I was excited because that poem is featured in the opening of the novel. It fits well with the theme of Things Fall Apart; once the leader Okonkwo is excommunicated from his community, everything falls apart. As Yeats said, "The falcon cannot hear the falconer/Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold". Without a foundation or a "leader", things are in disarray and chaos ensues. The poem definitely has a foreboding tone to it, and I think that fits well with Things Fall Apart because of its tragic nature.