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Things Fall Apart Essay

There is a great deal of differences between the clan and the white missionaries beliefs. This is what becomes a problem between the two. When two different beliefs are put head to head there is no knowing what will happen. In this case the differences between the two resulted in making Things Fall Apart. The character in this book, Obierika, has made a statement that describes best what happens when a clan is converted between two religions. The statement "The white man was very cleverÂ…he has put a knife to the things that hold us together and we have fallen apart."(Achebe, pg 176)
This statement is a definite example of what happens when a stranger walks into your home land and tries to make things different. The missionaries in this book came to Umuofia, where the clan lives, not knowing anything about the culture, traditions, or religion of the natives. The missionaries tried to change the beliefs of the clan. In some cases it worked. Little by......

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