What was the attitude of the white men who came to Umuofia regarding the language and culture of the people?
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STUDY GUIDE (things fall apart)

The white missionaries did not care much about the traditions and customs of the people of Umuofia. They believe in "civilizing" the clan and bringing "Christianity" to them, bringing along power and government with that. This led to a discord between the supporters of the new religion and that of the old, unrelenting men such as Okonkwo. Despite the clan having their own government and customs, the white men did not care about that and instead began to influence the men and women into 'changing sides' and pitting their 'traditional beliefs' against the new religion.

Explanation:

Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart," tells the story of Okonkwo and in general the lives of the Igbo culture. The story delves into the African tribe's traditional life and the subsequent changes that they were made to undergo with the arrival of white missionaries.

The white missionaries arrived and began influencing the young men and women into believing in their Christian faith. This not only disrupted the faith of the tribespeople but also disfigured and dismembered the community strength of the whole clan. It led to discord between the traditional customs against the new religion. Moreover, with the new religion came the influence of money and power, with the "superior" white men appointing certain men who support them as the powerful ones, the ones with authority, which further encouraged the men to be aligned with them, thus shunning their tradition and beliefs. And in doing so, the white men cared not for the beliefs of the clan but more about their success in "civilizing" the tribes and bringing them to "light".  

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).