07 August 2012
Perspective
I'm sure that this has already been discussed, but I just found it interesting reading the book as a Christian, whereas Christians are basically the villains in the novel. The novel really does have you turn against the Christians, so it was kind of weird turning against my own belief. When I considered that, I decided to change my approach and approach the novel from the missionaries' perspective rather than Okonkwo's. I was able to better understand why the missionaries were so forceful, for they truly did bring some great things to the Igbo people, such as education. However, I still thought their actions were unfair. In the end, I took on a third perspective with an omnipotent point of view, and saw this novel as an example of the ongoing process called life. Things fall apart and new things come together; that's just how life is.
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When I analyzed Yeats' poem The Second Coming I felt that the main idea was that when one thing ends another starts. I agree that the novel demonstrates that things fall apart and new things come together and therefore I found it easy to see the connection between the novel and the poem. So I also took on a similar point of view in my writing to demonstrate those ideas.
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