Summary Of Christians Taking Over The Igbo Culture

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Literary Analysis: character analysis Christians Taking Over The Igbo Culture

Sometimes, a change may seem like the worst thing ever, but it may be the right thing to do. In the story, the missionaries came into the village to live there. They started spreading their religion, and they asked for a piece of land, which was given to them. The white men ended up bringing their governments, and before you know it, they’re changing the village. From the looks of it okonkwo doesn’t like the change, and the village is changing quickly. Comment by Taleah Kenney: You need to fix the formatting, times new roman,12pt font, single spaced Okonkwo never wants to be seen as weak, soft, or woman-ish. To prevent himself from that image, he always tries to do the most masculine things. “He has no patience with his father.” (4/1). Okonkwo’s father was a failure, and he tried everything to prevent from being that way. When the missionaries come and converts so many people from the clan, okonkwo refuses to convert. When a man
Things were beginning to change in the ibo culture overnight. “Some of these prisoners had thrown away their twins.” (174/2). Throughout the story, i learned many of the igbo cultures beliefs and religion. In the story, it says that when a woman gives birth to twins, the ibo culture believes that one twin will be evil. There’s no way in telling which one is evil, so to be safe, they throw them both in the evil forest. Since the white men have came, they brought their governments along with them, so now it’s a crime to throw your twins away. This shows how much the igbo culture has changed over time. “Those who believed such stories were unworthy of the lord’s table.” (185/2). The belief that one of a set of twins is evil was childish to the white men. So, they started saving the kids from the forest and never bringing them back to the