Thoughts on Things Fall Apart #2

Digging further into the book, I saw the many changes that happened over the few chapters I had read. The first change that I was bewildered by was Nwoye's drastic change of character and religion. He threw away his entire past and became a new person, a person of Christianity. This is dynamic to me because I wasn't expecting it at all and this also affects the Igbo people. They begin to slowly convert to this new religion and has mixed feelings toward his people. Some are drifting from their traditional ways after the white men proved that the evil forest wouldn't harm them, and the idea of everyone being treated equally, including twins. However, the battle is not yet won yet because the Igbo started to take action against this, treating the converted Igbo people as outsiders, not letting them near the quarries and rivers. Despite this, the kindness of Mr. Kiaga and the allure of the free and peaceful religion still held its tight grip within the Igbo community. Okonkwo is first enraged at Nwoye, beating him harshly as he demands to tell him what he was doing. After, Okonkwo becomes solemn, disappointed, and baffled, thinking, "Why did my son turn out weak, and womanly" and then he remembers his lazy father, Unoka. I overall enjoy the book so far because of the way Achebe changes characters' personalities and futures.