Mr. Brown, the first white missionary to travel to Umuofia, institutes a policy of respect and compromise between the church and the clansmen. He engages in long religious discussions with Akunna in order to understand the Igbo traditions, and he builds a school and a hospital in Umuofia. Unlike Reverend Smith who arrives later, Mr. Brown avoids resorting to violence and harsh methods of enforcing church beliefs, attempting to use his understanding of the Igbo faith to convert clansmen.
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Chapter 16
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He told them that the true God lived on high and that all men when they died went before Him for judgment. Evil men and all the heathen who in their blindness bowed to wood and stone were thrown into a fire that burned like palm-oil. But good men who worshipped the true God lived forever in His happy kingdom.
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Mr. Brown Character Timeline in Things Fall Apart
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Chapter 21
...into Umuofia. Even the religion is beginning to take hold due to the efforts of Mr. Brown , a white missionary who approaches conversion in a respectful and restrained manner, attempting to...
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Mr. Brown makes friends with some of the great men of the clan, and in one of...
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Mr. Brown uses his understanding to convert more clan members to the church. He builds a school...
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Chapter 22
Reverend Smith replaces Mr. Brown , and in contrast to Mr. Brown's policy of compromise, Mr. Smith encourages extreme acts...
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...the egwugwu. Reverend Smith refuses to move, but he cannot save his church. The church Mr. Brown built is burned to the ground, and the clan is momentarily pacified.
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