THINGS FALL APART (Chinua Achebe) Chapter 16 Two years later, Obierika comes to Mbanta again with another sad story for Okonkwo. He informs that some white missionaries (the preachers) arrived in Umuofia, built their church and converted a few villagers to their faith. The leaders believed that the converts were efulefu , worthless and weak people. Obierika added that Okonkwo’s son ‘Nwoye’ was with the missionaries. On asking, Nwoye replied that he was "one of them." When asked about his father, Okonkwo, Nwoye replied that "he is not my father." At this, Nwoye’s mother spoke and told: Six villagers and a white man came here in Mbanta. The white man, with the help of an Igbo interpreter, preached the concept of one God in Chirstian faith. When he called Igbo gods of stone and wood as false, all villagers left except Nwoye. Perhaps, he had found satisfactory answers to his questions on irrational killing of twins and Ikemefuna in the jungle.
August 31, 2024
'Things Fall Apart' Short Story of the Novel : Chapter 16 - 20
THINGS FALL APART (Chinua Achebe) Chapter 16 Two years later, Obierika comes to Mbanta again with another sad story for Okonkwo. He informs that some white missionaries (the preachers) arrived in Umuofia, built their church and converted a few villagers to their faith. The leaders believed that the converts were efulefu , worthless and weak people. Obierika added that Okonkwo’s son ‘Nwoye’ was with the missionaries. On asking, Nwoye replied that he was "one of them." When asked about his father, Okonkwo, Nwoye replied that "he is not my father." At this, Nwoye’s mother spoke and told: Six villagers and a white man came here in Mbanta. The white man, with the help of an Igbo interpreter, preached the concept of one God in Chirstian faith. When he called Igbo gods of stone and wood as false, all villagers left except Nwoye. Perhaps, he had found satisfactory answers to his questions on irrational killing of twins and Ikemefuna in the jungle.
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