“...There is only one true god, he has the earth, the sky, you and me, and all of us...” (Achebe 146) This is the message of the new Imperialists who tried to impose a new religion and culture on the townspeople, in the book Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe. Rudyard Kipling might agree with these imperialists, as he demonstrates in his poem, White Man’s Burden, in which Imperialists try to teach the “... new-caught, sullen peoples, half devil and half child…” (Kipling, 2/4) the white man’s way of life. Okonkwo, on the other hand, who is the main character in Things Fall Apart, shows us a different perspective. There are many religions and ways of life. One religion or culture is not necessarily better than the others.
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Achebe delivers on that promise, by portraying Okonkwo as the victim - blaming white man for his injustices, and hating them for overtaking his culture and his people’s way of life. They say they do it in the name of god, bringing new religion and new education to these new countries but really the white explorers use the town-folk for their own gain. As Kipling states “To seek another’s profit/and work another’s gain…” (Kipling 15/16) as it is in Things Fall Apart when Okonkwo and other high leaders of his clan are taken captive the white men refuse to let them go unless the town pays a ransom. Both Kipling and Achebe discuss Imperialism in their stories in different ways while some of their points are the same. Kipling stands firm on the fact that white men came to rule and brought new religion with them, and Achebe also does, but their points are spoken in very different ways as Achebe composes a book and Kipling writes a poem. The statements that they have made can be seen from different perspectives they only write about their
In Kipling’s …show more content…
Achebe delivers on that promise, by portraying Okonkwo as the victim - blaming white man for his injustices, and hating them for overtaking his culture and his people’s way of life. They say they do it in the name of god, bringing new religion and new education to these new countries but really the white explorers use the town-folk for their own gain. As Kipling states “To seek another’s profit/and work another’s gain…” (Kipling 15/16) as it is in Things Fall Apart when Okonkwo and other high leaders of his clan are taken captive the white men refuse to let them go unless the town pays a ransom. Both Kipling and Achebe discuss Imperialism in their stories in different ways while some of their points are the same. Kipling stands firm on the fact that white men came to rule and brought new religion with them, and Achebe also does, but their points are spoken in very different ways as Achebe composes a book and Kipling writes a poem. The statements that they have made can be seen from different perspectives they only write about their