Gristian's Beliefs In Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe

The Clan 's Beliefs and Christian 's Beliefs Whether one is a Buddhist, a Hindu, a Jew, or Christian each shares similar religious beliefs. Oftentimes, these beliefs can unify different cultures. However, their differences can cause discord which can ultimately lead to conflict. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe uses illustration of beliefs and traditions to express the idea of a religious community. Chinua also illustrates the differences between the European culture and the Igbo culture through religion and the spirituality that each culture had and the struggle between change and tradition. In Umofia, religion is not a personal belief, but it is way of life. Religion is the way life is run, and if someone was to go against …show more content…
Which were the the judges of the village. They decided the sentences in cases, whether it was a male or female crime. The Eguwugwu are elders with many titles who wear masks when hearing the cases. The masks represent the ancestral spirits of the community. The Egwugwu are who decided whats good and bad and who to send to the Evil Forest or to exile. The Evil Forest is land beyond the village considered sinister by the Ibo. People who contract infectious diseases like; rosy and chickenpox are considered cursed by the villages. They diseased are taken to the Evil Forest and left to die. One custom in Things Fall Apart is that if twins are born in Umuofia they are seen as a sign of evil and are taken to the forest and left to die. This practice is one of the traditions that made Okonkwo 's son, Nwoye, turn away from from the Ibo culture and toward the establishment of …show more content…
Brown. They became open-minded about Christianity. When Mr. Smith came along and took Mr. Brown 's position, he showed them violence, control. Mr. Smith saw the Ibo people as stupid, monkeys, people who are not civilized. He took away their cultures and traditions. He did not want to understand who they were. Toward the end of the book Mr. Smith shows a fake interest in the Ibo 's culture and traditions. When Okonkwo hanged himself for an example, he wanted to "understand" why Okonkwo 's own people will not take him down the tree. There are many differences between the clans beliefs and Christianity beliefs. The biggest difference would be gods. The Ibo tribe believe in many gods, but have one god that created all. Christianity believe in only one God and only that one God. Many of the Ibo traditions center through many of their gods. Such as festivals they have, which dedicate to a certain god that the believe. They have a person chi (god) which determined their future. They also could have many gods. All of these things example In Christianity would be with only one