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Chinua Achebe: Critical Essay by Clayton G. Mackenzie

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SOURCE: "The Metamorphosis of Piety in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart," in Research in African Literatures, Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer, 1996, pp. 128-38.

In the following essay, Mackenzie details the transformation of indigenous religious beliefs and practices in Things Fall Apart, comparing it to the relatively static portrayal of religion in Arrow of God.

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Okonkwo's father is sometimes held responsible for his own action, while at other times he is referred to as a "victim" of evil fortune.Do you think Okonkwo and Achebe believes its true?
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