Okonkwo, a self-made, courageous, strong man will forever hold hostility towards his father, Unoka. He promised himself to never walk in his fathers' footsteps because he was weak and a failure. Although Okonkwo always portrayed himself to be most powerful and intrepid, he constantly was "dominated by fear" (Achebe 13). However, after he achieved his many goals during his younger years, everything went downhill and eventually no success came out of it. Things started falling apart after Ikemefuna, a captive who stayed with his family

and like another son to Okonkwo, was killed. It was shown that this death caused Okonkwo great pain when he "did not taste any food" and "did not sleep at night" (Achebe 63). This loss resulted in Okonkwo losing faith in his strong family bond, which also parallels to his faith with his own

father. These two similarities correspond because Okonkwo lost faith in his father at a very young age, and now the tables are turned. He did not lose faith in Ikemefuna, but within himself, which made him very weak, similar to his father.

Society fell apart if religion fell apart. As soon as the British arrived they built themselves a church and started recruiting the Africans to convert to Christianity. This new religion attracted many of the villagers, especially Nwoye, whose name was changed according to their faith, Isaac. Mr. Brown's influence over the Umuofians dramatically changed their lifestyle and culture. From building hospitals, schools, and churches, to spreading the Christian religion and belief in one god was very overwhelming and it interested many of the villagers. The Umuofians felt that the younger generations were the ones to be threatened because this "abominable religion" was causing things to "fall apart", such that, "men can now leave his father and his brother...he can curse the gods of his fathers and his ancestors" (Achebe 167). It was unheard of to despise your flesh and blood and now the tradition was breaking apart more and more. So now the Umuofians social independence was lost and the desire of a new religion dominated over their culture.

The village of Umuofia began to "fall apart" altogether when the British arrived to their homeland and immediately asked for land. There were three aspects that the British desired

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