The Effect of Colonialism in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Essay

This essay is about the effect of Colonialism seen in the book Things Fall Apart. Through out the whole book you can see various impressions on the tribe, many other people, and the relationships between the white man and the black man. Does the white man understand our custom about land? How can he when he does not even speak our tongue? But he says that our usage are bad and our own brothers who have taken up his organized religion also say that our customs are bad. How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us? The white man is very(prenominal) clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act same one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart. (Achebe, 17) This discussion of the white man not understanding the customs and traditions, comes ever since the arriv al of the colonialists, Obierika seems to voice Achebes own thoughts on colonialism. Upset by the fact that the white men have come and completely disregarded the Igbo good sense of justice, Obierika points out the impossibility of the colonialists understanding anything about the Umuofians without speaking their language. Then he points out the foolishness of belittling unfamiliar customs. Obierika does not lay the whole send on the white mans side. He feels also that the Umuofians who have con...