Colonization In Things Fall Apart

Colonization appears in many texts, but three that are significant are Things Fall Apart, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and Lagaan. Colonization affects many cultural components and it can also force the colonized to adapt to new cultures, which prompts conflict between those who are in revolt and the colonizers while resulting in the outcome of a serious tragedy such as death. In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, it may seem as if the focus is on a single main character, but it is on a much wider view, involving the entire tribe at a moment when the colonizers are attempting to alter the original practices created by the Igbo culture. Although, the main character almost always causes the result of the colonization later in the story. …show more content…
Eventually, it is found that not all the people associated with the colonizers wanted the event of colonization to happen and were just involved in it by accident. For example, Moodoo comes across the girls alone while the others search nearby and Moodoo decides to walk away from them. The importance of home appears throughout the start of their search for home to the end. The fence divides the spread of Western culture and the original culture. Eventually, the fence becomes home because there is a particular scene where one of the girls is leant up against the fence and another shot where the mother is on the other side leant up against the fence. The fence serves as a lifeline basically. Even when they are quite a far distance away they are still connected by the rabbit-proof fence. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, Noyce describes how the colonizers cause the fall of the indigenous language when Miss Jessop says, “This is your new home. We don't use that jabber here. You speak English” to one of the girls named Gracie who spoke her aboriginal …show more content…
Some are irritated by the fact that he would accept something so childish and some are content and see this as an opportunity while others don’t know what to think of the decision. Even though they did not have to accept the cricket challenge they did not want to pay the tax. So, they learned more about daily living and a new sport that they did not know the rules to. This was part of what Elizabeth Russell, the wife of Captain Russell, gave to them for free. It was a new addition to their culture, but Captain Russell did not want them to actually understand the game, showing that he did not mean to westernize, but to just take over and rule. Elizabeth Russell decides to switch sides and help the Indian villagers win the cricket match determining their tax. This action demonstrates the idea that not everyone associated with the colonizers completely agrees and were perhaps involved by accident. In the end, the village wins and they gain support from Captain Russell even though it was the opposite of what he wanted to happen. They go back to their culture and are left at peace for the next few