Chapter 2

Chapter two is basically about the struggle between Umuofia and a neighboring tribe that mudered a girl from the tribe. A Meeting was called for all the men to assemble at the market place. As a result of the girls death, the village would have to decide wether to go to war or to bargain with the neighboring tribe of Mbaino for a virgin and a young man. Okonkwo was chosen to go to the village because all other village people respected him for his skills in warfare. He then brought home the virgin and young man. The virgin went to the man who lost his wife as a result of the murder and the boy went into Okonkwo's house to live with them. Okonkwo seemed to be a very bitter person in order to be the opposite of his father because he resented him so much. His son was described as not wanting to do anything and had a sad face on all the time. I think that this is a resuly of resentment towards his father. For cycle of resentment to stop in Okonkwo's household he needs to learn the balance of authority and love because his son is bound to become like Unoka because he resents Okonkwo and the cycle will keep repeating itself over and over until the chain is broken. I don't know what to think about the young man that was taken into Okonkwo's hosuehold. I think that it will be alright because he will be so terrified that he will do what Okonkwo asks and they will have a respectful relationship with each other.

Things Fall Apart Chapter 1

So far, this book is ok. It is a little bit slow, but then again every book is slow during the beginning. I found it hard to distinguish between the names because I am not so used to those types of names. What I didn't like about the very beginning was that Achebe just sort of threw you into the think of things without explaining where exactly the story was taking place. It did give background on the characters, but not on the place and the history of the tribe. I also didn't find the things about the debt that Unoka had to be all that relevant to the whole story. It is nice to have that background, but I also think it was rather too much description. I did like how the author described the little ceremony and prayer thing that went down when Okoye visited Unoka. It's too early to make any assumptions about the book, but so far this book could be better or could be worse.