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The novel, The River Between, which written by Nationalizing focuses on one side on the tribal conflict and division between two Kenya villages,Makeup and Kimono, In which they’re In opposite sides and separated by the Honda River, and the Impact of the white settlers, Europeans settlers,and the Christian missionaries on the people of Kenya and Africa at large. How did the people of the two communities in Makeup and Kendall with the white settlers and their rule? How did they receive the Christian movement?
Did Christianity and its missionaries have effects on them? Did they accept the new religion, Christianity, or reject it? As stated in the novel, before the colonization of Kenya by the Europeans, the people of Makeup and Kimono were united and one. They had many common things in which they share with each other, such as the Honda River, their culture and Its rites. However, at the time when the white settlers came to Africa, desecrated to colonize Kenya and other countries to take advantage of their resources and raw materials as al of the colonization waves do.
Their alma was not only to colonize, but to spread Christianity and other economic purposes. In addition, when the Europeanization’s In Kenya, the Christian missionary created a radical change for the two people living in Makeup and Kimono. Some people accepted the new idea of new religion, which in this case is Christianity, while others did not and kept unchanged. As mentioned, the people of the Makeup and Compartmentalized into two groups. First: Joshua, his family and the people famous group who embraced Christianity ND stand against their Indigenous cultural and traditional practices and faith, such as female circumcision.
Second: Cheese, his family and the people of Kimono who remained unchanged, attached with their cultural faith and then buckwheat he novel called them, the stronghold of the traditionalists. So, there was a really devotionals wealth the tribe. Before Cheapness away, he told Waking, his only son, a secret that he and Kabob’s are the only two who know about it. It is about an ancient prophesy regarding leader who will come and redeem the people of Makeup and Kimono. We are his offspring. His blood flows in your “You are the last in our line. He also, told him that the leader will come from his line, sooths immediately the obvious candidate because he was the only son of Cheese. After that, Cheese sidewalks to go tsarina Mission to learn the wisdom of the colonialist, the wisdom of the white man, in which he showed his appreciation toward it. He also told him that the wisdom he will get Wilhelm him understanding the ways of the white man, which will prepare him for the near future fight with theocracy of the colonization.
In the other hand, the fact that some people take Christianity as their relationships others chitchatted to their indigenous ways, with female circumcision constituting strong point of the two communities. The problem went to a dark side when the younger daughter of Joshua, Monmouth, rehabilitating her father, her family, their faith and considered herself to circumcision so to attain full womanhood. “No Child of pagan would again be allowed into school unless the child was a refugee. ” Direct attack was started by Syrian on this practice by expelling children houseparent still uphold it.
Being among those forced out of Syrian, Wakefield the challenge of building help- schools for thickener and enhancing the education. All what Waking was thinking about is ensuring that the people of Makeup and Agamemnon get a good education, the wisdom of the white man, regardless of Hawaii’s father point view who was already dead at that time. He got very busy with his mission, planning and working on his mission to educate the people, but while he was working on it, he could not catch up tit the people with other needs.
He focused in one side, the education, and forgot about the people other needs. For example, he could not fight to free the lost lands. Also, there was a big gap between the Christian converts such as Joshua people and the traditionalists, who kept their cultural and traditional practices unchanged. The latter had even formed a secret organization, the SIAM, whose goal is to ensure tepidity of the tribe. Governmentally the division of the people to destroy Waking whom he passionately hated. He hated Waking because of Hawaii’s growing popularity.
Having earlier (and rather thoughtlessly) taken the oath of purity and loyalty the tribe administered by the SIAM, Waking found whimsicalness comparing with Kibosh’s schemes. Two main reasons were behind that. The first reason is that Wassails worry about how deep is the division between the two people; he wanted to address the issue very carefully and fix it. In the other hand, the traditionalists, the unchanged people, wanted to have nothing to do with the traitorous Christians. Similarly, the people who embraced Christianity also wanted nothing to do with the radiologists. The gulf between them was widening and Waking wanted to be the instrument of their coming together” Hijacked been blaming himself for his failing to address the issue of unity in time again. The novel ends up with the second reason: Waking fell in love withdrawn, Joshua uncircumcised daughter. In conclusion, the two communities in Makeup and Kimono were united and engaged before they were colonized. They were sharing the Honda River and had many common aspects, but when the white settler came Africa and specifically to
Makeup and Kimono in Kenya, the division started to come up between the two people and Christianity played a strong role in that. The division stand on some people accepts the role and the religion, Christianity, which the white settlers came on with, however the other people kept unchanged with their faith and against the Christian converts. “Do you think the education of our tribe, the education and wisdom which you all received is in any way below that of the white man? ” This is what Waistband Kabob’s were fighting about.