"They did not know that fifty bags would go to the court messengers, who had increased the fine for that purpose" (Achebe 197).
Part I - According to the text(s), what effect did imperialism have on people who lived
through it?
The beliefs of racial and cultural superiority that are necessary to fuel imperialism also break the morals of those administering it. Weren't these people just talking about how it was wrong to fear their divine ruler, and that their God was kind and caring? The imperialists aren't very good practitioners of what they preach. Actions such as these don't help their case of being the absolute truth all must follow. This is yet another example of how there can be no healthy society without cross-cultural understanding.
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