The second and third parts of Things Fall Apart was much more captivating than the first part. I found that the situation with Ikemefuna started to speed things up. There were many twists, like how Nwoye actually converted to Christianity. I predicted that he would turn against his tribe's religion at some point, but I only expected him to stop practicing, not turning to a completely different religion. And it's not even that Nwoye converted, it's that many other people in the Igbo society also converted. From my knowledge of colonialism in Africa, I thought that the English would force Christianity more, but that wasn't the case. They let people join on their own.
I like how Achebe highlighted Nwoye's feelings towards the way he sees life. He did say that he wanted to make people feel with the characters, and that's exactly what he's doing. He put something as small as not having the same opinion as what you're told to into a plot that's so much bigger than that. In a way, he's making the story more relatable to many readers who also question the conformities they are expected to follow.
Reading this made me realize that they actually did just let people convert and didn't truly force it. However, wouldn't it be passive aggressive forcing of a religion by barging into a tribe and doing public prayers and saying that their religion is wrong?
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