... to be like his father, but when he hung himself, he condescended lower than his father in the eyes of his people. Another theme in the book has already been listed above, where Christianity entered Africa and converted the people of the villages to abandon their traditional ways ... to push out the African's customs, believing that they were doing the good deed by civilizing the villagers. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe demonstrated his theme by revealing the truth about the consequences of the white men's arrival to a country: wherever the Caucasians (British) chose to colonize, the countr...

• Word Count: 3003
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School