The texts Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe, Dakota 38 by Silas Hagerty, and lastly Rabbit proof fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara; are all stories about the colonization of indigenous peoples. The social and emotional impacts of colonization in all three of the different civilizations are all based on the lose of empowerment and identity. These civilizations undergo a change in their customs, traditions and religions not willingly but because of these white colonizers that took control of what was not theirs to take.
In the books Things fall apart and Rabbit proof fence when the Jigalong people and the Igbo people are colonized it seems as though their status on religion is completely changed; what they once did was no longer the same as…show more content… Forced to give up their lands, each tribe was colonized against their will. The Dakota people were forced out of their land, and most suffered PTSD and depression from all they experienced. Their land was their source of life to their people. It was their freedom, and it was their home, it was their way to sustain life for their tribe and continue future generations. The Dakota people described the ride as a way to help others heal and remember those 38 +2 who died. The people on the ride were definitely hurt and in pain; During the ride from South Dakota to Mankato, the people were so determined to finish the ride because it symbolized the return to their original home land against all odds. They were determined to get back that peace and have closure. In the rabbit proof fence: The girls were taken from their mothers, stolen and forced to to learn English, manners and religion. The two stories are similar because both tribes were forced and controlled by government. Without a way to fight back scared and alone, they had to follow along for…show more content… In Things fall apart at the end of the book, the main character Okonkwo had fought really hard to get back the power that his people had lost but no one would listen and no one was doing anything to change it. Okonkwo felt as though he was becoming week like his father, and that was the one thing he would never want to be. Obierika says this after Okonkwo's death “That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself, and now he will be buried like a dog . .“ (Obierika, 208). As a reader you could tell that Okonkwo must of given up on everything and felt as though he had become his father; weak and unworthy of the community's respect. How could a man of once great strength and bravery, one with so much potential commit an immoral crime; and in the end he became what he feared all along. In dakota 38 even after the ride that healed so many and gave them a chance to move on and forget about the past; some were not able too. Though the ride helped many, many also got worse and still felt as though their life didn’t have meaning. In the end of the documentary there was a memorial honoring the memory of those that passed away after the movie. This shows that though people had closure, many were still burdened by the pain of the
