Things Fall Apart Tradition

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Maintaining traditions is difficult because you have many other traditions that people might find it much better or fitting in the society they live in, but also keeping traditions is important too because your family might want to pass on old traditions too respect the family name or their ancestors and if changing old to new traditions that is when the old traditions don't really fall into society very much.

In things fall apart when Okonkwo was about to return home when a missionary went to visit and tell him about his son Nwoye who his name is now issac that he sent him to a collage for teachers but he wasn't very happy about it, "He had just sent okonkwos son, nwoye, who is now called Isaac to a new training college for teachers in Umuru. And he hoped that okonkwo would be happy to hear of it. But instead okonkwo had driven him away with a threat that if he came into his compound again, he would be carried out of it"(157 Achebe). Nwoye okonkwo son who has a very ibo name was changed to Isaac a very European name and okonkwo doesn't like that cause the English people come to their village and are changing everything they are making them more European. …show more content…

Umuofia did not appear to have taken any special notice of the warrior's return. the clan had undergone such profound change during his exile that it was barely recognizable. The new religion and government and the trading stores were very Much in the people eyes and mind"(157 Achebe). When okonkwo finally got back from exile he sees that the village had changed and the people no longer care about okonkwo's return they also bring their schools and government so they can teach them what they want to teach the children. Their culture is going to influence the ibo people's culture and make them more European which will weaken the

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