Okonkwo's Statement About Culture
How can an author use fictional character to make a statement about culture? Chinua Achebe in his novel Things Fall Apart answers this question by telling a story of British colonization through an African point of view. In this work of historical function, Okonkwo wants his original culture, but the Western European people came then they changed the culture, so Okonkwo tried to fight back for his original culture, finally the entire culture had been changed and the people in the village adapted to the Western Europeans culture and they've forgotten their original culture. The villagers illustrates that encountering a new culture can be good even though the initial change may be challenging.
Before the British came to the nine villages …show more content…
Okonkwo has just returned to Umuofia and has seen the change of the western ideas and he had came to speak to the clansmen Okonkwo's response causes the clansmen to agree “to do something substantial” and then the clansmen had done as they said they would.
Okonkwo feels as if they should fight back instead of allowing the western ideas to take over his homeland. Okonkwo is feeling grieved with all that is happening to his homeland, “Okonkwo was deeply grieved...He mourned for the clan, which he say breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men...who had so unaccountably become soft like women.” (Achebe 183). Okonkwo is becoming mournful because of how the men of Umuofia were becoming so weak and not fighting back against the western idea …show more content…
Okonkwo and the men were treated awful and taken prisoner by the commissioner. The men are all cuffed and sitting together, “The six men ate nothing throughout the day and the next...They were not given any water to drink, and they could not go out to urinate or go into the bush when they were pressed.” (Achebe 195). Okonkwo and the men did not get any good treatment from the commissioner and were not kept in good hygiene. Okonkwo and the six men were locked while the court messengers went into Umuofia to spread the news, “Unless you pay the fine immediately...we will take your leaders to Umuru before the big white man, and hang them.” (Achebe 196). The commissioners will hang the leaders of Umuofia if all of their fines are paid for
Before the British came to the nine villages …show more content…
Okonkwo has just returned to Umuofia and has seen the change of the western ideas and he had came to speak to the clansmen Okonkwo's response causes the clansmen to agree “to do something substantial” and then the clansmen had done as they said they would.
Okonkwo feels as if they should fight back instead of allowing the western ideas to take over his homeland. Okonkwo is feeling grieved with all that is happening to his homeland, “Okonkwo was deeply grieved...He mourned for the clan, which he say breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men...who had so unaccountably become soft like women.” (Achebe 183). Okonkwo is becoming mournful because of how the men of Umuofia were becoming so weak and not fighting back against the western idea …show more content…
Okonkwo and the men were treated awful and taken prisoner by the commissioner. The men are all cuffed and sitting together, “The six men ate nothing throughout the day and the next...They were not given any water to drink, and they could not go out to urinate or go into the bush when they were pressed.” (Achebe 195). Okonkwo and the men did not get any good treatment from the commissioner and were not kept in good hygiene. Okonkwo and the six men were locked while the court messengers went into Umuofia to spread the news, “Unless you pay the fine immediately...we will take your leaders to Umuru before the big white man, and hang them.” (Achebe 196). The commissioners will hang the leaders of Umuofia if all of their fines are paid for