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Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and Desai's "Clear Light of Day": Tension and Conflict Between Traditional and Modern Views How does the tension between traditional and modern views of the world play itself out in Achebe's and Desai's novels? In both Achebe's ....

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.... after a while this custom was stopped because it spoiled the peace which it was meant to preserve." But traditions continued on, including ritual killing and banishment of one of the village leaders. But then things begin to change more rapidly with the coming of the missionaries. When they gave them the "evil forest" to build their churches on there was no turning back. Many of the abused and outcast were converted when they saw that these new people prospered in the evil lands. The people started to revolt against their traditional gods. "Three converts had gone into the village and boasted openly that all the gods were dead and impotent" ....