s Heart of Darkness and Joyce Cary's Mr. Johnson. He felt that the "Record needed to be set straight". (CLC 75). After reading Heart of Darkness he was disgusted to see that he was not on the boat with the cunning adventuresome English. He was one of the twisted faces clapping and jumping around on the shore! After reading Mr. Johnson he was appalled at how this great African poet was actually a buffoon. It was then that he realized that the truth should be told.(CLC 11)
             Furthermore, Achebe claimed that this disgust in Conrad and Joyce Cary's misinterpretation of the African culture made him consciously avoid "pulling the punches" in description of Ibo culture. He tells it like it is, like it or not. Another of his goals is to present the reader with questions. In the same interview with Kay Bonett Chineua admits that in his writing he wishes to present questions rather than answers. He feels that if the questions are posed in a meaningful way, the reader will easily find the answers within himself. In his own words: "If you ask the right questions, the answers will be easy." (CLC 75)
             We can see now that Achebe, disgusted with misrepresentation of his people committed himself to introducing accurate stories of how Nigerian people interact with ch
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