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Okonkwo's Religion In Things Fall Apart

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In the story Things Fall Apart

When cultures collide they begin to change weather that be by force or by will. While Okonkwo was trying to keep his culture in the tribe, he got exiled for 7 years and couldn’t help them.

To start with, Okonkwo was a man of his religion. He wanted to be left alone and not have the white men trying to change their ways. While the white men wanted to put their religion in the Igbo lives, Okonkwo thought that it was wrong to change beliefs. But when Nwoye converted to christianity “Although Nwoye had been attracted to the new faith from the very first day.” (112)

Secondly, Okonkwo knowing how the culture has always been. He wanted the white men to leave because they were trying change the culture that he
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