1. When Cultures Collide - Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe, In the author of Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe compares the destruction of the Igbo people's culture to the damage done to Western civilization caused by World War I. ... The reason for Okonkwo's suspicion still responds to Western beliefs withand resistance is thatbecause he feels as if the clan is "breaking up and falling apart"(Achebe 104) in front of the white invasion. ... When Western culture comes to Umuofia, Okonkwo reacts with resistance as he sees his own culture start to deteriorate. ... Igbo culture has been consumed and shattered by Western c...
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