Things Fall Apart

Like others in the class I was also surprised by the outcome and that Okonkwo decided to commit suicide. In book, Obierika and Okonkwo have an exchange of words about the colonialists and Obierika brings up Achebe's thoughts about colonialism. Obierika states that he is upset with the way in which the white men have come and completely disregarded the Igbo's way of life. He also points out the impossibility of the colonialist to fully understand his people because they can't speak their language. The idea of colonization being brought up in the story became more prominent to me after Monday's class and our discussion about colonization as well as looking at the contradictory ideas brought up in both "Things Fall Apart" and "Heart of Darkness." In the end I found the book to be a nice departure from our previous readings and it got me interested in what we will be delving into later in the course.