Things Fall Apart
In the novel Things Fall Apart there were a lot of different opinions. Everyone has there own opinion on certain things, whether itbe religion, beliefs, morals or how to prepare a meal. In a passage said by Obierka in Chapter twenty, he said "The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on things that held us together and we have fallen apart." He believed that the whole tribe had been torn away. Others may have believed that everything was the same and nothing had changed. One may believe that this passage referred to the story of Okonkwo and his village a great deal. A white man did come into the village and was very clever in everything he did. He manipulated the village and had them believing what he believed. That was his purpose of coming there. He had a job to accomplish and he did a spectacular job at it. Although he did it secretly, quietly and peaceably, he managed to get it done. He announced his religion to those who he knew he could get to. The villagers didn't think he was a
Okonkwo is a controlling and powerful man. This fear compels Okonkwo to stay, in hopes of chasing the missionaries out of the village. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. The fear of the new religion and government, which caused Okonkwo to take the life of a white official, also caused him to take his own life. The fact that the village was listening to the interpreter makes Okonkwo fear that some villagers might believe what the missionary is saying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. However, this does not help him Page 4when he is kicked out for the killing of the white man. By the end of the novel, many of Okonkwo's fears have been realized, and the social order of the clan is falling apart. By joining the new religion, these "worthless" men are dismissing the social order of the Page 3clan, and gaining respect and power in the new society. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. He is basically what people in America would think of as a terror. Like Obierika said, "Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one," the crew had went mad. In this sense, the underclass of the tribe are having a revolution, where the elitist, title holders in the clan are no longer respected, and the members of the underclass who convert are no longer "worthless " men. One of Okonkwo's greatest fears about the new religion is that it could destroy the social hierarchy of the clan. The town allowed him to stay longer than they should had.
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