1. When Cultures Collide - Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe, In the author of Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe compares the destruction of the Igbo people's culture to the damage done to Western civilization caused by World War I. ... In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe demonstrates the destructiveness of cultural collision by showing Okonkwo's loss of identity as a respected man in Igbo society and his response to the changes in his clan. ... The reason for Okonkwo's suspicion still responds to Western beliefs withand resistance is thatbecause he feels as if the clan is "breaking up and falling apart"(Achebe 104...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate