Chinua Achebe’s “Chike’s School Days” has a title that is misleading, but this title effectively draws attention to some of the realities of the effects of the West on the lives of Afticans. The story tells of a Chike, an only son, who was raised “in the ways of the white man.” Raised as a Christian, Chike has the opportunity to go to school to learn subjects such as arithmetic and English. He grows fond of English and admits that some English words “simply filled him with elation.” Chike’s exposure to a new language and culture has stretched his imagination and filled him with possibilities that he would not have considered had he grown up in the same way as his ancestors had for generations. As far as Chike is concerned, his Western education has been mostly positive and admittedly saw the stories and literature as he said as “a window through which he saw the distance in a strange, magical world. And he was happy.” What Chike does not understand is what he loses as a result of the Christian influence on his culture. While the title of this story is “Chike’s School Days,” Achebe wisely pays attention to the causes of Chike’s unique childhood. Achebe tells of an instance where Chike refuses the food of a neighbor because she is a “heathen.” Chike belongs to the lowest class of his community but Christianity has given him the feeling of superiority to his neighbor. Achebe also focuses on the chain of events that have led Chike’s father to this social class and acknowledges that he has wandered away from the main idea of the story. I believe that Achebe deliberately gave his short story a misleading title and deviated from the “main story” in order to make the reader question the influence of Christianity on Africans. An account of the different experiences that Chike had as a child would have little meaning without a background to his situation. This story calls attention to the changes that communities such as Chike’s were experiencing as a result of Christian influence and gives the reader the opportunity to understand the pros and cons of this influence. Whether these changes are positive or negative remain to be seen but the structure of this story hints at the author’s attitude towards the situation.