Essay Archive - Picking Up The Pieces: An Analytical Look at Why the Village of Umofia Fell Apart
Picking Up The Pieces: An Analytical Look at Why the Village of Umofia Fell
Apart
Faith has always been a guiding force in man's life. Chinua
Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart is a story that describes the effects of a
new Christian religion in a tribal village of Africa. The tribe has their
own language, known as Obi, a dignified culture and a value system that has
continued for many years as they trace back into their ancestry. Yet,
voids that this culture can no longer fill for modern tribesmen enable
white missionaries to intrude upon t....
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