Problem/achebe

The problem is one of motivation that lies within me and is up to me to correct as I figure out my place in the world. The setting is here in UCSC where I hope to gain this improved understanding.

The monster is the white men and their lack of understanding and respect for the people of Africa and their ways of life. To the white men they are simply savages, or monsters if you will, as opposed to human beings. The belief of their supieriority and manifest destiny is the monster that leads to the collapse of their lifestyle.