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This 5 page paper discusses the effects of colonialism and the perspectives about this practice by Achebe's Things fall Apart and Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Conrads Heart of Darkness, is the reality of a culture, laws and societal mores which have sustained and supported a way of life for centuries, and which is no more.
Both authors point out that colonialism, in the long run, benefits no one. In Chinua Achebes work, Things Fall Apart, the terrible effects of colonization are examined. The main character,
Okonkwo, serves as the representation of the old ways which inevitably cannot compete with the new, and so becomes extinct. In fact, given all the evidence throughout the story it
is with all likelihood that the historical accurateness is intact. Of course, one cannot comment on the feelings and mindset of a people that one has never met, but the
actions of the indigenous peoples of that time and era would tend to suggest that Achebes assumptions were correct. Additionally, the traditional roles of women and men are still very
much rooted in the past in Africa. This is why womens rights still suffer in that area of the world. "The conflict
of the novel, vested in Okokwo, derives from the series of crushing blows which are levelled at traditional values by an alien and more powerful culture causing, in the end,
the traditional society to fall apart," observes G.D. Killam. "Okonkwo is unable to adopt to the changes that accompany colonialism. In the end, in frustration, he kills an African employed
by the British, and then commits suicide, a sin against the tradition to which he had long clung." One can see that the
coming of the missionaries is what initially makes for the changes in the culture. This is shown in the novel when Okonkwo returns to his village after having lived in
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