Differences And Beliefs In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
In Chinua Achebe’s novel, “Things Fall Apart”, and Mzamane Nhlapo’s short story, “Give Me a Chance” both of them shared a common theme that not everyone under the same culture will share the same values and beliefs. Achebe ended his novel with the clashing of two cultures, the Christians and the Ibo religion. Throughout the third part of the story he truly developed the concept of having self beliefs. Okonkwo was huge in standing up for his own values. Even after the invasion of the white Christians, he was big on following the culture that had been running in his family and clan. His own son, Nwoye, even gave into the Christians. However, disappointedly Okonkwo just shrugged it off his shoulders and moved forward in what he thought was best for himself.
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Okonkwo just simply treated him as a father would in the Ibo culture, forgetting and disowning him as one would. Once the invasion of the Christians has spreaded throughout Umuofia, convincing many to convert, it allowed Okonkwo to see his values through a more precise point of view, “He mourned for the clan, which he saw breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women.” (Achebe 183). It was then that Okonkwo truly realized how he felt in comparison to everyone else around him, even though they were in the same clan under the same culture. He got to witnessed the breakdown within his clan right before his eyes. As if it was not enough people to convince him to convert, he still stood hard with his beliefs, “Afraid? I do not care what he does to
Okonkwo just simply treated him as a father would in the Ibo culture, forgetting and disowning him as one would. Once the invasion of the Christians has spreaded throughout Umuofia, convincing many to convert, it allowed Okonkwo to see his values through a more precise point of view, “He mourned for the clan, which he saw breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women.” (Achebe 183). It was then that Okonkwo truly realized how he felt in comparison to everyone else around him, even though they were in the same clan under the same culture. He got to witnessed the breakdown within his clan right before his eyes. As if it was not enough people to convince him to convert, he still stood hard with his beliefs, “Afraid? I do not care what he does to