On an interesting note, in Things Fall Apart, Achebe uses a much more westernized look back towards the culture of Niger. With the ability to look back upon his home country during a time which it was in the midst of being colonized, gives Achebe the ability to critique and criticize the incoming colonist but what we should also see is that he simultaneously is doing the same towards his fellow tribesmen in Niger. Achebe uses Okwondo as his focal point and tells of numerous ordeals which he felt Okwondo acted as many tribesmen of that time period probably did, however he criticizes Okwondo’s actions which gives off that much more westernized society feel to me. A few examples are when Okwondo beats his wife, or even pulls a gun on her, when he kills Ikemefuna, and when he beats his son. All of these situations are met with solemn responses from his fellow tribesmen telling the reader that these are wrongful acts of violence when in actuality they were probably part of the culture, which he is defending.
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