broke in the sand". This shows us how sad this occurrence was and the way it hurt the people who were close to the young boy. But later on when the missionaries came, they told the people that they didn't have to be hurt anymore by their religion. They convinced these hurting villagers to join their religion. For some in the tribe it took longer to make the decision to leave. For instance, at the time of the sacrifice, Okonkwo and his first son were terribly hurt but it wasn?t enough to convince them to leave the tribe. It was some time later that Okonkwo?s son left the tribe. Mr. Achebe writes about some of the thoughts that led to such a decision, ?But there was a young lad who had been captivated. His name was Nwoye, Okonkwo's first son. It was not the logic of the Trinity that captivated him. He did not understand it. It was the poetry of the new religion, something felt in the marrow. The hymn about brothers who sat in the darkness and in fear seemed to answer a vague and persistent question that haunted his young soul-the question of the twins crying in the bush and the question of Ikemefuna who was killed. He felt a relief within as the hymn poured into his parched soul. The words of the dry palate of the panting earth.? (pg.147) Nwoye was greatly wounded by the tribe?s way of life, especially by the sacrifice of Ikemefuna. When Mr. Achebe writes that Nwoye had questions like why the twins were killed or the "question of Ikemefuna who was killed" this shows us that the young boy had many questions about the horrible ways of life the Ibo tribe had. Another thing that Mr. Achebe reveals is that, Nwoye was ?greatly puzzled". He did not understand why these things were happening. He was looking for an answer, which he found in this new religion. So when the missionaries came, he saw a good way out of the superstitious and injurious ways of life and also a way out of that tribe. Mr. Achebe shows us another way that the missionaries w...
