In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe tells the story of an African village suffering under European imperialism. The author focuses on the protagonist, Okonkwo, showing how European oppression and exploitation damaged every aspect of the lives of the villagers. Europeans impose their culture and religion on an African culture with a long history. The Europeans know and care little of this history. As the protagonist, Okonkwo is caught in the middle of the political and social tensions between the imperialists and the villagers, and in the middle of the generational struggle of those who want to be more like the Europeans and those who want to stick their heads in the sand and/or try to maintain the traditional ways. He fears that "all his male children" will "follow Nwoye's footsteps and abandon their ancestors?" (152-153). He is also at
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