Read the excerpt from Chinua Achebe's *Things Fall Apart*:

"Okonkwo was a man of action, a man of war. He was a man who thought that the world was a place where only the strong survived, and he feared any sign of weakness in himself or his family. When his son Nwoye began to show interest in the new missionaries, Okonkwo's anger rose like a storm, for he saw it as a betrayal of the clan's traditions."

What is the central theme illustrated by Okonkwo's reaction to his son's interest in the missionaries? Explain in one sentence.

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Read the excerpt from Chinua Achebe's *Things Fall Apart*:

"Okonkwo was a man of action, a man of war. He was a man who thought that the world was a place where only the strong survived, and he feared any sign of weakness in himself or his family. When his son Nwoye began to show interest in the new missionaries, Okonkwo's anger rose like a storm, for he saw it as a betrayal of the clan's traditions."

What is the central theme illustrated by Okonkwo's reaction to his son's interest in the missionaries? Explain in one sentence.

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The tension between traditional values and the influence of new, foreign ideas (tradition versus change).

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