As Chinua Achebe points out in his book, Things Fall Apart, though there is the aspiration to lend a hand, it can sometimes becomes deadly, and even fatal to the lives of people. ... Without the stronghold of customs and traditions, only chaos exists. ... They assist in, " [building] a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel became things of great price, and much money flowed into Umuofia" (146). ... A new society, which saves twins from dying because of superstition from the tribes and receives outcasts with warm and loving hospitality. ... Slowly, with that influence, they w...

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