Throughout history we have learned that different societies come with different customs. Among these customs are the rules, morality, ethnic norms and others that make a society unique. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a novel that describes a Nigerian Ibo community, which has its own set of rules, norms and traditions. In this novel we are exposed to a community that goes through struggles between change and tradition when Christianity is introduced into society through British colonization. The novel remains ambivalent about the courses of action that officials and missionaries used to implement Christianity in Ibo culture. The change faced by this culture affects various characters in different ways. The way Christianity is introduced also impacts the Ibo people and their experience of transition. Mr. Brown is the first missionary to go to Umuofia, one of the clans of Ibo society. In an attempt to establish Christianity he uses a method of “diplomatic exchange” in which he uses the technique of understanding, understanding and non-aggression between the group he is leading and the clan. Brown, the white missionary, who was very firm in restraining his flock from provoking the wrath of the clan.” (Achebe, p.178) This demonstrates the typical aggressive approach related to the colonization method. Mr. Brown shows respect for the religion the clan has lived by and decides that by learning it he will have a clearer perspective on how to approach the natives to convert them. “Whenever Mr. Brown went to that village, he spent long hours with Akunna in his obi talking about religion through an interpreter. Neither of them managed to convert the other but they learn that... middle of paper... shows itself to be a society that had to suffer British colonization. Under this colonization they experimented with different transition treatments with varying results. The author remains ambivalent about the effects missionaries and government officials have on the Ibos. On the bright side, colonization introduced different values ​​such as education and the importance of health. On the other hand the negative side of colonization was the obvious flaws in the “white man system” such as abuse, torture, assault, corruption, lack of appreciation and understanding of the existing cultural system. This novel allows us to see the difference in cultures and clarify that what for some societies is considered bad behavior for another society might simply be something that is accepted in their culture. Works Cited Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe