Things fall apart
1) The arrival of the British in present-day Nigeria had a huge impact on the Ibo. Discuss Ibo society before the missionaries arrived. Be sure to include their system of government, their marriage and funeral rituals, as well as their religious beliefs. Which of these customs do you believe had the best chance of resisting the British presence? <> is a first book I read from Africa literature, this is not a long story, I briefly read author introduction before I read the book. <> made at 1958, author Chinua Achebe was 28, and he achieved a lot of prize after this book. Leading character Okonkwo born in a poor family, his father Unoka was an idle, irresolute and hesitant man, despised by everyone in the village. Not only left nothing for Okonkwo to take, but also need Okonkwo to support family. There is long drought when
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Women are in the humble position in the family. Okonkwo’s home is a perfect example. Okonkwo use iron fist to rule his house, no one have the courage to interpose or disagrees him. Okonkwo’s second wives called Ekwefi, she used to be the beauty in village. She met Okonkwo in a wrestling match when he 18, and eventually leave her family and eloped to Okonkwo. One day Okonkwo used his old hunting gun shot to Ekwefi just because she was late cooked meal for him. Okonkwo is not the only one who treat family like this. But it does not mean the whole tribe agree his method. After Okonkwo unexpected killed a boy, he and his family exiled to his mother’s land. And one of his relevant told him: “It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protect you. She is buried there. And that is why we say that mother is