Things Fall Apart

People began to be widely influenced by the newly arrived Christians, as well as the new surroundings.

Overall, people like the Mbanta need to fight for what they believe in and preserved their community. People would be able to get away with the crimes or disrespect they were portraying, and society would never get better but worse. destroying and disrespecting their customs. If situations arose in today’s society where the people let others walk over them or turned the other way when something bad happened there would be complete chaos. Moreover, by Christians killing the sacred python only led the Christians to walk over the Mbanta. The Christians began spreading their religion among the Mbanta people, and many of the people began to convert religions. Thus, the act of people changing their moral standards ultimately reflected on the society to be overran by the Christians. The only people who managed to stay true to their beliefs were the elders, solely due to the fact that they knew how the gods wanted the people to worship them, unlike the younger people with less experience. The Mbantas believed the gods would handle the situation, and the gods would punish the people. Finally, if not only individuals but also society looked out for one another and stood for beliefs, less conflict would emerge.