Critical Response 2 - Crater High School



Critical Response 2

The missionaries come to the village Mbanta, where Okonkwo currently resides in his exile. In this encounter, the white missionary tells the Ibo people (through a translator) that the Gods they worship are false. (1) What is the reaction of the villagers? (2) Why do you think they react this way? (3) Why do you think Nwoye is drawn to the missionaries and their religion?

Certain aspects of the clan's religious practice, such as the mutilation of a dead child to prevent its spirit from returning, might impress us as being barbaric. (4) Casting an honest eye on our own religious practices, which ones might appear barbaric or bizarre to an outsider?

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