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Shoes have many parts to them. The most important is the sole. When walking in someone else’s shoes, it’s like taking a look into their soul. You get to see what they are enduring and can get a better understanding of their life. Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart is a great example. When the white missionaries invaded the clan, they didn’t take the time to dig deep into the lives of the Ibo. This created havoc in the Ibo society. In history, there are many other instances where understanding someone before acting would have been useful. The missionaries that arrived to Ibo could’ve understood the clan if they would’ve learned the values and traditions first. In the world of Nigeria, values are everything. Men rule over women. Women care for children. Children obey parents. Most importantly, the clan obeys the gods. The white missionaries didn’t take these things into consideration. Because of their lack of effort, all hell broke loose. Leaders of the clan were not leaders anymore and traditions slowly deteriorated. Okonkwo knew high titled people would lose their prestige because of the lower class joining the Christians. “The great cannot be measured against the worthless if the worthless have disappeared.” Without …show more content…

The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States during the 1800’s. Do you think that the white settlers thought of how the Native Americans felt when they were forced to leave their homes? Or what about starting a whole new life with nothing but the clothes on their backs? They never really thought of the situation in reverse. The Natives of the New World had strong values that the white men didn’t take into account. Values included patience, attitude, sincerity, and spirituality. More Native American reservations would be running today if the settlers did not send them on the Trail of Tears and destroy reservations in the

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