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Since the arrival of the white man, there has been many conflicts.  Some conflicts include the matter of the gods, twins, and having sacrifices.  Some white men welcomes the Ibo with open hearts and others with closed hearts.  Some were lenient and others very strict.  Because of there different attitudes, there are many different treatments of the native people.  Mr. Brown allowed weak Christians into the church.  By weak Christians I mean Christians who still have some the old beliefs from the Ibo religion.  Mr. Smith said you have to believe all of it in order to come into this church.  Mr. Brown came to help the Ibo find God, and he is willing to take his time with them realizing that it is a new concept for the Ibo people.  Mr. Brown is a yes or a no.  He is there because he "has to."  The British has many different points of views regarding to the Africans and their way of life.  One view is that the Africans are less important because of their skin color.  Another view is that hey are equal, because, if you are a Christian, everyone is equal in God's eyes.  They view the Ibo's way of life as being wrong; that can only be one right way to live, and that is Christian way to live.  Because of these conflicts, things start to fall apart.

Things Fall Apart Okonkwo "Mother is Supreme"

Okonkwo ignores or refuses to acknowledge the "female" virtues in himself and others in many ways.  The reason why is because he thinks that female virtues are signs of weakness.  He doesn't believe that one can have female virtues while being "manly."  He never shows his true feelings if those feelings are female feelings.  He hides them because in his mind when you are being loving, sympathetic, or compassionate, you are very vulnerable to whatever.  He never acts like he loves his son.  He beats him if he shows any sign of a female virtue.  This one-sidedness creates a lot of problems in his life.  I think that it must be really hard for him to survive because he finds it difficult to show the female virtues in his everyday life.  He killed his own "son" because he didn't want to be looked at as weak.  He is very narrow-minded.  He can't see that if he does show the feminine qualities, he can also be manly.

Things Fall Apart Chapter 1-4

My opinion of Oknokwo is that he was shaped by his father.  Growing up he saw his father fail and be a "weak link."  After seeing this he didn't want that life for himself.  He wanted to never fail.   Since his father was weak, he wanted to be strong.  Since his father was a debtor, he wanted to be rich.  Basically everything he father was he wasn't.  That can be good and bad.  His father was compassionate and not physical.  Oknokwo meanwhile was not compassionate, or he never showed it, and he was very physical.  Instead of talking about an argument, he would go and beat up that person.  I think he wants to be a nice guy, but since his father was nice and failed, he, Oknokwo, isn't very loving.  I think that he believes that all of the qualities that his father had contributed to his death.  But it was really only one or two qualities that made his father fail.  He wants to be a good person,but he doesn't want to fail.  He also loses his temper easily.  He is way more a physical person than a talkative person.