Saturday, December 16, 2017

Things Fall Apart #2

        I enjoyed these last few chapters because we finally get to see Nwoye breaking away from his own tribe's religion and converting to Christianity. We have seen from the beginning of the story that Nwoye was very different from the other men in the village. He wasn't as hard working as the other boys, and he enjoyed listening to his mother's stories about animals rather than Okonkwo's war stories. He also questioned his village's traditions because of the killing, especially when Ikemefuna was killed. As soon as the missionaries arrived to spread the word of Christianity, Nwoye was instantly captivated by the new religion. This shows how Nwoye was willing to break away from his own culture because he doesn't agree with their traditions.

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