Things Fall Apart and European influence

Many times when reading a book one develops a one-sided view of the situation because of the way the characters are portrayed. Usually, the characters the author wants to portray as good are cast in a positive light, meaning that only the good things about them are included and, in most cases, the story is told from these characters’ points of view. The characters the author wants to portray as bad are cast in a …

…divide in what had been a strong community. They significantly altered a culture of people that had been surviving on its own, and didn’t seem to care when they destroyed everything those people had faith in. They were on a mission to take control of the land these people inhabited and if it meant destroying those inhabitants, then so be it. In the eyes of the District Commissioner it made for an interesting book.