Nwoye had a strong positive pull to Christianity. Nwoye was drawn to the new religion from the beginning. While his response to Westerners were positive, it had negative effects among his culture relationship with his father. His father Okonkwo think that the the Christianity religion it’s feminist. Therefore Nwoye and Okonkwo has problem.
This cultural collision was a very important time in Nwoye's life. For the first time, he desired something other than pleasing his father. He began to see himself as an independent person and saw the new religion as an escape from the "norm". His true personality showed through, because it had been hidden for fear of his father. (Achebe 150) The poetry …show more content…
"...Nwoye passed and repassed the little red-earth and thatch building without summoning enough courage to enter." (Achebe 147) Obierika confronted Nwoye and asked what he was doing with the missionaries, but Nwoye replied back by saying,"I am one of them." Nwoye saw the world in a new perspective. Everything his father believed was right, counteracted Nwoye's belief.
Nwoye was completely disowned from his father. Okonkwo didn't consider him his son anymore. In chapter seventeen, Okonkwo expresses his fury about his son's decision. "...Nwoye was not worth fighting for. Why, he cried in his heart, should he, Okonkwo, of all people, be cursed with such a son?" (Achebe 152) Although his father was already skeptical about Nwoye's out coming, this decision made him lose all hope.
Our lives lead us in different directions. Nwoye found himself through Christianity. He became a strong independent man. In some people's cases, things fall apart, but in others, for example Nwoye's, he found his true purpose. "I am one of them." (Achebe 144) Life takes unexpected turns and with those unexpected turns, we find out more about ourselves and eventually become an individual with our own way of
This cultural collision was a very important time in Nwoye's life. For the first time, he desired something other than pleasing his father. He began to see himself as an independent person and saw the new religion as an escape from the "norm". His true personality showed through, because it had been hidden for fear of his father. (Achebe 150) The poetry …show more content…
"...Nwoye passed and repassed the little red-earth and thatch building without summoning enough courage to enter." (Achebe 147) Obierika confronted Nwoye and asked what he was doing with the missionaries, but Nwoye replied back by saying,"I am one of them." Nwoye saw the world in a new perspective. Everything his father believed was right, counteracted Nwoye's belief.
Nwoye was completely disowned from his father. Okonkwo didn't consider him his son anymore. In chapter seventeen, Okonkwo expresses his fury about his son's decision. "...Nwoye was not worth fighting for. Why, he cried in his heart, should he, Okonkwo, of all people, be cursed with such a son?" (Achebe 152) Although his father was already skeptical about Nwoye's out coming, this decision made him lose all hope.
Our lives lead us in different directions. Nwoye found himself through Christianity. He became a strong independent man. In some people's cases, things fall apart, but in others, for example Nwoye's, he found his true purpose. "I am one of them." (Achebe 144) Life takes unexpected turns and with those unexpected turns, we find out more about ourselves and eventually become an individual with our own way of