Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is an African novel set in the 19th century. Achebe mainly narrates the story of Okonkwo's entire life in one of the nine villages called Umuofia in Nigeria and the clashes as well as the influences brought to bear on the village by European colonization. The clashes include reactions and misconceptions after the arrival of the first white people and the effect that the missionaries bring to the village in many aspects such as belief, family and culture. Beyond this, many descriptions of the background and details of the villagers' daily lives are provided for readers to become familiar with Ibo culture. As a result, the changes the whites bring to the village are striking and unimaginable compared to their previous peaceful lives. Conflicts are generated by violence and misunderstanding between Europeans and villagers, combined with a colonial process between villages that leads to the replacement of Christian rule rather than Ibo culture. First of all, conflicts due to violence and misunderstanding between the two parties are generated from the first unexpected event. arrival of the missionaries. The first sighting is the first time a white man comes to Abame, the manslaughter of this man at the hands of a villager is detected by the companions of death. “So they killed the white man and tied his iron horse to their tree in fear because he seemed to want to run away to call the man's friends” (Achebe 139). The image of the iron horse is actually a bicycle. The behavior of treating the bike like a horse that reveals the members of this clan cannot understand white people. After his companions know that he has been killed, the Whites plan to invade the Abame and choose the day that will be middle of paper...... their way to survive and actually live. It must be admitted that there is a strength in Ibo culture since it is respect for their ancestors, but there are so many flaws within. For example: the problem of family structure where several wives share one husband, the traditional superstition of old customs. After the colonization of Europeans, as they brought schools, hospitals and government to society; people benefit from what these missionaries created. Although at first the white people use a crude way to invade the society which leads to the downfall of the Igbo culture. However, under European rule, people began to realize that they had had enough and were trapped by the old rules. People begin to desire the outside world but are not limited to confining themselves to a village. Therefore, colonization accelerates the development of society..