Things Fall Apart Research Paper

In class we have recently read two books about native people in different communities being threatened by colonization. Although these stories sound the same right of the bat, there are many differences between them. Numerous native communities have been colonized in the past. Sometimes those being colonized are able to fight to keep their native culture alive. In this paper I will be describing the two book swe have read so far this semester and how they compare and contrast.
In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe we meet the indigenous people of the Umuofia clan who live in the village of Iguedo. Okonkwo, the main character, is a wealthy and respected clansman. He came from a poor father who’s wife and kids often went hungry. For this reason, Okonkwo is set on being everything that his father is not. We learn very quickly that the people of the clan have their own way of life and doing things.
When someone in another village kills a wife from Okonkwo’s village, they are forced to give the people of Iguedo a virgin and a …show more content…
The book is translated from Spanish so we know she accomplishes that goal before we even get further into her story. Rigoberta works as a maid in Guatemala City and it treated worse than the house pet. Fortunately, she has the influence of Candelaria to help her. When the peasant Unity Committee is formed, Rigoberta’s whole family is involved. As the fight for freedom goes on, most of them pay the ultimate price for their cause. Her brother is tortured and killed in front of her family. Her father is killed while storming the Spanish Embassy with a group of fellow activists. Her mother is raped, mutilated, tortured, and left to die for days under a tree. The most amazing thing about Rigoberta’s story is that even after all of this she still is determined to fight for the CUC and indigenous people of Guatemala. She completely renounces marriage and motherhood to devote her life to her