Read the excerpt below and answer the question. In this way Mr. Brown learned a good deal about the religion of the clan and he
came to the conclusion that a frontal attack on it would not succeed. And so he built a school and a little hospital in Umuofia. In this excerpt from Things Fall Apart, Achebe’s use of the phrase “frontal attack” hints that _____. Mr. Brown has ultimately hostile motives
Mr. Brown was once a member of the military
Mr. Brown is deadly serious about converting the Igbo
Mr. Brown considers charitable work to be a matter of life and death
I would say that most likely he was once a member of the military to use such a figure of speech, but also meaning that discretion would be the better part of valour to proceed with doing something positive for the community and win their hearts that way and perhaps influence their religion that way.
