Things Fall Apart Mexico Culture

Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe was a novel based on the Ibo culture in the late 1950’s. The Ibo culture has it’s own customs and traditions like any other culture. In this culture things are done a bit differently. Men get respected by having titles in their culture, showing no weakness, being great planters in planting yams, and following the tradition of polygamy. The more wives a man has the more he is seen as a respectable guy in its village. In this written task I will elaborate on how the Romani Gypsy culture and the Mexican culture in the 1950’s can interpret the text Things Fall Apart differently based on their own culture and traditions.

In the 1950’s the Romani culture were known to be travelers. The role of the men and women differ from those in the Ibo culture. Women are the primary cattle tenders and men are field and forestry workers. Being a good emäntä (female head of a farmstead) involves a balance of cow care, child care, food processing, meal preparation, etc. In order for a

In the Mexican culture farming is seen as the most common job. Men and women as well as their children collaborate in helping their father or husband plant vegetables or their seeds. Women are accustomed to not only help outdoors but to clean, cook, make sure to take care of the kids, and most of all be the head of the house when their husbands are not at home. Older people in the family of village are seen with higher respect due to their wisdom and knowledge. Marriage would be arranged, their sons/daughters marriage with someone who they believed would be a good spouse for their children and also be fairly wealthy. Getting married consisted of a huge party with all family members invited in which the husband bought everything for his future to be wife. The majority of Mexican people were Catholic, which meant that their beliefs and gods was God himself, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus