From the opening pages of Things Fall Apart we are presented with a highly structured society with its own religion, laws and social organisation. ... Indeed, by the end of Things Fall Apart we see that cases have begun to be judged "in ignorance" (p.154) by the colonial administrators. ... In Things Fall Apart there is no system of formal education, and children learn by watching their elders. ... Native people of colonised regions were generally regarded as savage heathens by missionaries, but it is evident from Things Fall Apart that complex set of belief were in existence. ... He has p...

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• Grade Level: High School

The great things these systems propose to offer, such as financial and legal equality, peace and moral freedom, are not sufficient for all these individuals, leaving people disillusioned and perfect utopian political systems fatally flawed. ... I am not a pessimist and I believe things can improve. ...

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