In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, people in the Igbo culture are seen as both primitive and uncivilized. This novel takes place in Nigeria and is about The Igbo peoples’ culture and the Europeans colonizing them. The Igbo people are seen as pristine when Mr.Brown is there. He realizes that they are from two different worlds, so he understood they would have distinct views on what’s “civilized”. Yet, they are also seen as uncivilized when they are seen from Mr.Smith’s point of view. He’s not as open minded. Mr.Brown is very understanding of the Igbo culture. Although, he came to convert the Igbo people to Christianity, he learned more about their culture. “Neither of them succeeded in converting the other but they learned more about
