In Things Fall Apart, Oberieka says in reference to the white man, "He has put a knife on the things that held us together and w
e have fallen apart." What does he mean? In what ways has their society fallen apart? How did it happen? Describe the part both the Ibo villagers and the British played in making the society fall apart.
He means that the white men broke their tradition and customs. They lost their land and their religion. When the colonialist dominate their people.
Explanation:
Since the arrival of the colonialists, upset be the fact that the white men have come and completey disregarded the Igbo sense of justice. Obierika points out the impossibility of the colonialists understanding anything about the Umuofians without speaking their language. He points out the ludicrouness of denigrating unfamiliar customs. He does not blame only the white man, he also feels that the Umoufians who have converted to Christianity have consciously an wrongly turned their backs own their own brothers.
Answer: The correct answer is B: Sincere and romantic.
Explanation: In the sonnet, the narrator is addressing their beloved, comparing them to a summer day, so the tone of the poem would be romantic and loving since the poem is for the beloved.
