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SublimeLime1 OP t1_iyuqlr6 wrote

Reply to comment by allmimsyburogrove in Just finished Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) and I LOVED it by SublimeLime1

What Achebe managed to do for me, is not simply present the Igbo people as simple innocents living in a happy utopia before the colonialism.

But he presents a complex set of traditions, a culture which is not always right, and sometimes does awful things; much like the British.

His way to see the good and bad in both British and Igbo rulership I think is what made it so fascinating for me.

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SublimeLime1 OP t1_iyuqb87 wrote

Reply to comment by TruthOf42 in Just finished Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) and I LOVED it by SublimeLime1

I loved how Achebe represented the complex character who was driven by fear of femininity, and weakness. I didn’t personally admire the character, as he did some horrific things (spoilers) and is overall unlikeable.

But yes I loved the book, in the same way I love to read and analyse the violent passion between Cathy and Heathcliff or the harrowing dystopia of 1984.

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