Christianity In When Things Fall Apart

When in war the expression is to fight fire with fire . While in “When Thing Fall Apart”, the Christians came peacefully at first, the eventually started making their suggestions less of choice. When the tribe feels hopelessness by the facing the fact that they’re losing the way of their people and the traditions the tribe stood for by force. Who can blame Okumbo for acting the way he did. The Christians didn’t give Okumbo a reason to him to try their ways. Therefore, the Christians and the Tribes could have changed their ways of getting people to see their culture throw their eyes. The Christians should be a lot more respective to the tribe’s religion, culture, and rituals to truly understand them.
When the Christians came peacefully at first, with promises of schools, acceptance, and hope. Because of this the tribe believes that the Christians aren’t a threat and that the bad spirits and haunted forest will take care of the Christians. But that doesn’t stop the weak and outcasts to see what the Christians had to offer. People with little power and nothing to lose are more willing to join then the higher ups in the tribe, that had a lot more to lose. The Christians overlook the fact they target some of the tribe and not the rest of the tribe.
But it makes the Christians seem more like the outcasts that’s who they associate with. With the leaders not being included, they meet with each other to talk about the Christians. In result the Christians jail the leaders of the tribe. With the leaders being jailed it made the people start to see the Christians true personality. Lastly with Okumbo seeing his people giving in to the Christians and not fighting back he commits suicide. This shows the rest of the tribe that they will face the same fate as their friend if they don’t follow the