Friday, December 4, 2015
post #4
In chapter 17 you can see the village's fears start to come to light. That their way of life is beginning to change, especially with christian missionaries coming and setting up refuge near their village. Even after Okonkwo has been exiled etc. he still stays true to village beliefs and begins to choke his son when he heard that he was with some of the christian missionaries. Overall the village begins losing more and more people to Christianity and the elders don't want to do anything about it as they feel their gods will take care of the problem for them. You can see that they are so stubborn and afraid of change that they refuse to acknowledge the refugees and they than shun those that do communicate with them.
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I like how you mentioned that the villagers were afriad of change. I believe that they aren't afriad of change but they are following what they know. Their religion is the only religion they have ever known so they are reluctant to accept a new one.
ReplyDeleteI like that you picked up on Okonkwo's lasting faith in the village, despite being exiled for 7 years. It shows that he truly believes in Umuofia's way of life. His faith in the tribe customs may be the reason he is so against the missionaries and the Christianity they are attempting to bring to Umuofia.
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