During the Big Book Sale in Hwa Chong Kong Chian Library, I bought this book "Things Fall Apart" as I thought that it would be interesting. It proved to be a good book.I had one problem with it though. The names were very complicated and difficult to remember. A brief summary of the book : The main character of the book is Okwonkwo. He was very angry at his father's weakness and wanted to be more like a man. He aimed to be one of the most successful man in the clan.However, he was very egoistic and proud. One day,all his dreams are crushed when he is exiled from his tribe when he accidentally killed his clansman when his gun exploded. When the Westerners landed on Africa, Okwonkwo was very unhappy and want ed to take charge.However, he was rash and killed a messenger, forcing him to commit suicide to escape being executed by the westerners. I find that this book is very intriguing and interesting as it is written by an African and gives us a wonderful insight to how life was like in the African tribes. It also offers multiple points of views such as from Okwonkwo's point of view and the westerners point of view. It is also a new topic as I have never heard of tribes and stories such as these. I have only read about the westerners side of the story where msot ofit is very peaceful. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to everyone.
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