One could say that the problems that the characters of Things Fall Apart endure were heartbreaking. These problems make me wonder, "Was this actually how life was in this time?". My questions include the life of women and how the people were forcibly changed. The life that the women led in this book worried me greatly. They didn't have rights. I expected this, becuase many women didn't have rights in this time period, but the fact that the men would be married to many different women, and would live with them all, was quite interesting. I honestly don't think any kind of country could get away with those kinds of actions in this time period, even if they were in a very rural area. I feel that someone would just come and try to make them like everyone else, which is what the Christian people did when they came to the village.
When the Christian people came to take away the tribes culture, I felt terrible. I was so upset that these people had to go through this, and all the heartbreak that it must have caused. I feel that those missionarys just wanted to make life better for the tribe, although many people didn't think that was what it was about. The fact that this even happened upsets me. Although it caused so much pain, it may have brought good to the tribe. It has been said, that the missionarys helped the village with the newest technology. Even if this doesn't mean iPhones or iPads, like we have today, it did mean running water and a monetary system.
Even though life was changed greatly back in the time period of Things Fall Apart, I still question if the change was for good or bad. To me, I see it as an opinion, but for those people, it is their history.
