Which of the following is most likely why achebe wrote things fall apart in the style he did? 1)when he wrote things fall apart, chinua achebe was drawing on a number of prior novels written in english by native africans. 2)chinua achebe claimed he wanted to create a realistic portrait of the igbo people. 3)the novel is written in igbo which makes it accessible to a wider audience, but the english words keep the characters connected to england. 4)achebe creates a sense of place and character in things fall apart is through the use of poetry.