Who is John Thompson from A Grain of Wheat and what is their importance? A_Grain_of_Wheat English & Literature John Thompson | A Grain of Wheat

John Thompson is an idealist in his youth. He believes in the British culture and that the British Empire should create a world-wide country and spread British culture to people of all races. This belief in world unity crumbles under the realities of dealing with another culture. Thompson gives no value to Kenyan culture, not even truly acknowledging its existence. After years of working as part of the elite, white, British government of Kenya, Thompson thinks of the Africans as animals and children.