The definition of the word civilized is opinion based. But being civilized is not simply just being objective it is subjective as well. There are two sides because the only way to to define the word civilized and to say whether a culture is civilized or not is to be apart of that culture. So i believe that the only way for me to know if the ibo culture is civilized is if i was apart of that culture.
The way we live now the Ibo culture seems very uncivilized but that's because we only know what is considered right and wrong in our culture so we portray their customs as weird and not okay. The spirits and leaders of Umuofia said to the whiteman “we cannot leave the matter in his hands because he does not understand our customs just as we do …show more content…
This quote shows that the Ibo culture thought that the “white man’s” culture was different and wrong and that it was “wrong” to worship only one god. Another reason why the Ibo culture thought that the white man’s culture was obscure was “the district commissioner spoke to them again about the great queen, and about peace and good government(Achebe 198)”. This quote shows that the new white man's culture has one main person in charge and in Umuofia there are titles that you have to earn but the highest people are the spirits and the Ibo culture finds this very unsettling that these new societal people are coming in and changing …show more content…
Okonkwo’s resistance of cultural change comes from his fear of losing societal status. His self worth relies on the traditional standards on which the society judges him. The system of analyzing the self invigorate the outcasts of the clan to encompass christianity. The outcasts find a place of refuge in christianity from the Igbo cultural values that place them below everyone else. The converts enjoy a more upstanding status. The people in the village are caught between resisting and embracing the change and face the predicament of trying to establish how to best adapt to the reality of change. The European influence threatens to abolish the need for the mastery of traditional methods of their farming, harvesting, building, and cooking. Now these methods now seem expendable. Throughout the book Achebe shows how reliant these traditions are in storytelling and language and how fast the relinquishment of the Igbo language for English could lead to the eradication of these
The way we live now the Ibo culture seems very uncivilized but that's because we only know what is considered right and wrong in our culture so we portray their customs as weird and not okay. The spirits and leaders of Umuofia said to the whiteman “we cannot leave the matter in his hands because he does not understand our customs just as we do …show more content…
This quote shows that the Ibo culture thought that the “white man’s” culture was different and wrong and that it was “wrong” to worship only one god. Another reason why the Ibo culture thought that the white man’s culture was obscure was “the district commissioner spoke to them again about the great queen, and about peace and good government(Achebe 198)”. This quote shows that the new white man's culture has one main person in charge and in Umuofia there are titles that you have to earn but the highest people are the spirits and the Ibo culture finds this very unsettling that these new societal people are coming in and changing …show more content…
Okonkwo’s resistance of cultural change comes from his fear of losing societal status. His self worth relies on the traditional standards on which the society judges him. The system of analyzing the self invigorate the outcasts of the clan to encompass christianity. The outcasts find a place of refuge in christianity from the Igbo cultural values that place them below everyone else. The converts enjoy a more upstanding status. The people in the village are caught between resisting and embracing the change and face the predicament of trying to establish how to best adapt to the reality of change. The European influence threatens to abolish the need for the mastery of traditional methods of their farming, harvesting, building, and cooking. Now these methods now seem expendable. Throughout the book Achebe shows how reliant these traditions are in storytelling and language and how fast the relinquishment of the Igbo language for English could lead to the eradication of these