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Reverend James Smith
The District Commissioner shows up in Umuofia after Okonkwo murders a white man towards the end of the novel. The District Commissioner plans to write a book on his experiences in Nigeria, and the title he chooses—The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger—reveals his superior attitude towards the Igbo people, whom he treats as objects of study rather than as actual people with their own complex customs and beliefs.
District Commissioner Quotes in Things Fall Apart
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Chapter 25
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One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words, he thought.
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District Commissioner Quotes in Things Fall Apart
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Chapter 25
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One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words, he thought.
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