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I think that the villagers welcomes the British because they did not know much about the British and they were nosey and curious about what these people had to say and who they were. The British had a plan when coming into the village, and the villagers were blind sided to the underlying reason why they had really came there in the first place because it was something new, a good phase that I think would go with this would be “curiosity killed the cat”. In a sense, if they had not have been so nosey they British could not been put in the position to try to force their beliefs on them, they frankly felt wanted and welcomed. With that being said, I believe Achebe had no intentions display colonialism in the village, but instead to open their eyes to the world and diversity outside the walls beyond the village. Achebe was just trying to help the villagers learn from the British, like I had said, to broaden their horizons.
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He then is able to make a name for himself and rank in the tribe to become one of the most notorious tribe members. Upon becoming a well known member in the tribe, an incident happens that results in him killing another tribe member by his gun going off with no intention; because of this he is then banished in a sense from the tribe and was sentenced to be exiled. He quickly goes from the top of the totem pole, down to the bottom and out of the picture. However, even when he returns things do not just go back to how they were before he cannot assume the position he left and he is then left at the bottom of the line once again. This is how he is a tragic hero, because of a tragedy that occurred and made a huge impact, resulting from being at the top and having everything stripped from