final thoughts on Things Fall Apart

Seeing colonialism from the opposing perspective in the book gave a different outlook on it. being able to know about the culture of the tribes that were colonized and seeing it from their side gives a more negative feeling to colonies. one question i have is, how can the tribes seem so civilized from one view and completely savage from another?

Christianity in Things Fall Apart

Christianity was a very significant part of the Umuofia tribe in the later parts of the book. Under the leadership of Mr. Brown the missionaries were more tolerant and did not force people to convert, but once james smith took over the mission was strict and very forceful. it takes a while for a significant amount of people in the tribe to convert. Fights brake out between the tribe and the missionaries and the church gets burned down. Christianity was a good influence under Mr. bown but after it turned into a very bad thing.

TFA part 2

the Abame tribe was wiped out by a group of white men with guns, because the Abame killed a white man. i think because the Abame tribe could not understand the intentions of the man and they killed him because their oracle said . what happened to them was at least partly justified. the group of white men only knew that they killed their friend most likely without reason. knowing the tribe was dangerous they made a decision to get rid of the tribe.