Reflection on Things Fall Apart

Rosiah Binti Omar 

1) Based on your reading of "Things Fall Apart",what aspects of the Igbo culture allow the British to take over?

Based on “Things Fall Apart”, the aspects that I have found was the cleverness of the British to convince the people in the Igbo culture. They showed their good values so that the Igbo people will accept them. The British also tried to bring anything that makes the Igbo people impressed them, for example they use the bicycle, and people in Igbo culture didn’t know anything about development of the world sophistication. They assume that the British using the “iron horse” instead of calling it as bicycle. Besides that, Igbo culture also practices openness because they allowed other people to take advantage on them. For example, they let the British to disseminate Christianity.

2) Since Sarawak has also undergone colonisation, how has this affected aspects of culture in our society?

After British colonised Sarawak, there are many effects that we can see until today. One aspect that obviously affected the culture is religion. British has brought the Christianity to Sarawak that makes the religion has the highest adherent. There is so many churches build in Sarawak. Besides that, English language is the main important aspects that have being brought by British to Sarawak. Most of Sarawak people can speak fluent English.

3) Are there any changes brought about in the lives of the indigenous tribes in Africa and Sarawak?

Yes, there are many changes brought in the lives of the indigenous tribes in Africa and Sarawak. In Africa, the Christianity spread and most of the Igbo people converted to Christian. They don’t believe in Agbala anymore because they found the new religion that is better. We can see the changes after they converted to Christian, for example, they became independent and gain many knowledge.

Changes in Sarawak that we can see is the people became more knowledgeable and develop because they are using an international language. Besides, the British also make the changes in administration system. Sarawak used the resident instead of district office.