Achebe’s childhood situation where while growing up with a range of beliefs being shown to him many different people causing doubt, that resembles the common conflicts presented in his novel things fall apart. Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart set in the 1950s is the story of Okonkwo who is the last of Igbo people during colonial events happening in Nigeria where the majority of the people followed a traditionally Igbo life, on the contrary conflict followed the arrival of White Missionaries into Nigeria who taught of Christianity. Highlighting on Achebe’s celebration of Igbo culture and the complexities it entails. With Achebe’s contrasting use of Christianity and the Igbo Society juxtaposed describes a lack of continuity, the purpose of the novel is to convey the values of an open-minded and “flexible” society where through the event of Nigerian Independence advocates Nigerians as civil people.