Things Fall Apart

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villagers become convinced that the new religion has some sort of magical power, and this weakens their confidence in their own culture.
Once again, racism pervades the novel, with the intrusion of the missionaries into the lives of the villagers. The weakening ties in the village are reflected in the story of Okonkwo and his family. Nwoye's conversion to the white religion fills Okonkwo with uncontrollable
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anger because he is a man who must be obeyed. For the first time Okonkwo is faced with a threat to his very system of belief. “To abandon the gods of one's father and go about with a lot of effeminate men clucking like old hens was the very height of abomination," he reflects. Furthermore, "Suppose when he died all his male children decided to follow Nwoye's steps and abandon their ancestors. Okonkwo felt a cold shutter run through him at the terrible prospects like a prospect of annihilation" (Achebe 142). Okonkwo comes to feel a sense of terror at his entire ...

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done in the hope that other villagers would unite with him and fight the white man. The tribe
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refuses to fight and as a result, they become under the white's control. Okonkwo’s, world has been destroyed and his reason for living has gone. Due to the racism, and the intrusion of the white man, Okonkwo's village's culture was eventually destroyed.
Like Chinua Achebe, racism, as well as ignorance, help develop themes of individual responsibility, personal justice, and social justice in Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” This novel includes all of the characteristics of a traditional adventure novel, such as excitement, as ...

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