Characters and setting of my problem/ Achebe
For my problem, the only character is me since 1) it is my problem and 2) it is my life. The setting for my problem is the world in which i live in, so right now it would UCSC, but in 4 or 5 years the setting could change to whatever i do next with my life.
Achebe:
In Things Fall Apart, the missionaries that come to Africa and try to convert the people to Christianity are the monsters. The monster is brought about because even though they think they are doing the right thing by forcing another , and in their minds, a better religion on people who don't want a new religion or a new way of thinking. After reading Achebe, Rousseau's savage does not really make sense to me anymore. Even though the people of the small African village, to Rousseau and other would have been seen as savages, they aren't. They are like everyday people, trying to feed their families, and teach their children good values, and just simply survive, which doesn't make them savages.
Achebe:
In Things Fall Apart, the missionaries that come to Africa and try to convert the people to Christianity are the monsters. The monster is brought about because even though they think they are doing the right thing by forcing another , and in their minds, a better religion on people who don't want a new religion or a new way of thinking. After reading Achebe, Rousseau's savage does not really make sense to me anymore. Even though the people of the small African village, to Rousseau and other would have been seen as savages, they aren't. They are like everyday people, trying to feed their families, and teach their children good values, and just simply survive, which doesn't make them savages.
posted by Rene Tanaka at 10:20 AM
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