Chinua Achebe Arrow Of God

The world is made up of land and sea and those elements are owned by people. Humanity consists of morals and everything in between - evil and goodness, generosity to selfishness. Individual people inherit their own mindset through their environment and peers. Though, sometimes the way one thinks and feels enables them to believe that their ideas are the only notion to be universally accepted. Self-righteousness often leads to cultivation of garnering like-minded people. Humans are influenced by their species as some will choose to agree and disagree and in turn, gain and lose members of a division fit for shared views. Planet Earth is not a stranger to the process of colonization. Colonization is the process of a group of people relocating …show more content…
Though, there are times when conflict arises that threaten prosperous success which ultimately leads to the downfall of one of two opponent subjects. Wars break out as people fight for their beliefs and territory, however, there is only one winner. A late award-winning Nigerian author known as Chinua Achebe often writes of cultural differences, cultivation, and conflict between the lands of Africa and Europe. Chinua Achebe demonstrates how British colonization has affected and divided the Igbo people and their culture through his fiction. One of Achebe’s works titled Arrow of God is the fictional story of neighboring tribes going to battle with one another only to be imposed on by the white men’s authority which leads to the weakened state of Igbo culture and religion. The white men interfere with a war taking place between Okperi and Umuaro “The white man, not satisfied that he had stopped the war, …show more content…
Through creating converts, Christian religion, law, and European authority, ignorance and self-righteous mindsets take control over differing countries. The British has driven its way into native Igbo culture, religion, and values to undermine them to gain power. Colonization threatens and destroys underrepresented society and culture and leaves long-lasting trails of bitterness and resentment. Today, the western culture dominates the rest of the world with the idea that the western ways are the right lifestyles and ideals. Countries all over the world have been influenced and colonized by the British while weakening the cultures, tradition, and values of those that are considered a minority. Priority has taken its way to the beliefs of the white man, and there is evidence that is present today that follow the past of British invasion. Through Chinua Achebe’s writing, the evidence of British colonization and influence shines through his work to display the destruction of Igbo