What is cultural collision? Culture collision is a clash in cultures or certain values.The way Nwoye’s see’s the identity of the new cultural changes in the Ibo culture.He began in the book as shy but thanks to the British colonist and the ibo people, He branched out and showed people he could be different. The reasons for him changing in his identity was for him finding himself within the act, and the introduction of the new religion.Overall he and the cultural collision was learned how to show courage and have positive ways for himself.
The first reason that Nwoye’s changing of identity was challenged with the introduction of the western ideas was because of Nwoye’s attempting to trail after his father’s footsteps. In the book evidence provided that proves this is when in chapter seven it talked about how Okonkwo told stories of the land. The book included bloodshed and violence. “Nwoye knew that is was right to be violent but still liked the stories his mother use to tell”. This supports my claim by him know that his father wanted him to be a man, but he chooses to be under his mother’s wing. No matter how much he tried to …show more content…
We see evidence from the text when Okonkwo’s cousin seen Nwoye among christians. His father was not very pleased. He went back to the church and told Mr.Kiaga that he decided to proceed to Umuofia where the white missionary had set up a school to teach young christians to read and write. He was cheerful that he could leave his father. This evidence forties my claim because he was being brought in he finally seen that he could be himself and make his own decisions without being judged about it. Out of all of it he just wanted to make Okonkwo proud but instead Okonkwo had pushed him away with the threat. His threat was that if he came into his compound again he would be carried out of