Things Fall Apart 2

As the book continues, it progressively gets better. We see Nwoye challenge his tribe's ways. More importantly his father's beliefs. We get a understanding that Nwoye does not want to be associated with his own father which can be due to the death of Ikemefuna. It was quite interesting to see the drastic change of the culture. Some of the members of the Igbo society had converted to Christianity when some had not. As the tribe's elders decided to give a part of the evil forest to the white men for their church, many suspect something terrible to happen to them. Nothing happened to the Christian folk, this confused many of the members of the Igbo tribe. They glossed over the fact that they were wrong which makes them inattentive. Nwoye drifts farther and farther away from Okonkwo. Much like Okonkwo and his father. It is quite sad to see this, but it shows Nwoye's awareness about what goes around him. He isn't a mindless person who follows a particular set of beliefs just because the majority of people do. He makes his own decisions on what to believe and on how to live. This shows his independency and that he is his own man.