John Kenney

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John Kenney

Ms. Wright
World Civilizations II
27 July 2003

                 A Knife on the Things That Hold Us Together

Chinua Achebe's classic novel, Things Fall Apart is written through the
eyes of an Ibo man, whose village is suddenly invaded by the white
missionaries.  The reactions to the missionaries are shown in a bias form.
To an American the Ibo culture seems strange and foreign. To the native Ibo
tribes it is the way of life.   The village of Umofia, a separate tribe of
the Ibo people, is the home of the main character Okonkwo.  Okonkwo is a
very diverse character in that he is the leader of his family, and plays a
major role in the day to days mechanics of controlling the clan.  The
crucial part of this story concerns the missionaries and their involvement
when  "things fall apart".  The arrival of the missionaries affects three
major groups, the "osu", or poor people, the women, and the men of the
clan.  The effects of the missionaries can be summed up in a passage sp...

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