If one fails to do the god's or goddesses' will it is considered evil, and the god's wrath will be drawn upon the land to cleanse the evil.
Twins are a bad omen, and the twins are taken to the evil forest in earthenware pots and left to die.
The style is intended to be an impartial narrative with points of view from multiple characters.
Yams were seen as the main farming crop and meal staple of people in Things Fall Apart. Yams took a lot of effort to farm, but was the main way of sustaining a good life. Yams were celebrated, as was the Goddess of the Earth.
Things Fall Apart is one of the most widely read books in Africa as well as around the world. It was a groundbreaking work, tackling a difficult subject from a unique point of view while making it presentable to the general public. It is widely taught in schools around the world.
Well the white people aren't really cool in the things fall apart as they were in the white man's burden. One man's trash is another man's treasure. In that case, fortune telling cookies are not a really a reliable source for wisdom.
The point of view makes it seem like a neutral narrator is explaining the conflicts between the cultures without being emotionally involved.
Evil and Good exist. Evil being wrong and Good being right is the point of view.
They viewed man as view evil.
do puritans view man as inherently good evil or somewhere in between ?
No. Witches never existed. In medieval times many thought there were witches doing evil things. But that was a view based on ignorance.
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Not at all. The narrator seeks to hold a neutral view, viewing neither as purposefully good nor bad, but as people who's weaknesses and strengths affect them and others in many ways, both good and bad.