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OwlOfFortune t1_iyvpicv wrote

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

People think showing pre-colonialism is worthless? That's crucial to showing Oknokwo's struggles. It also really mirrors the last bit of the book where the officer is thinking about the importance of Okonkwo.

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SublimeLime1 OP t1_iyvtjrw wrote

I think a few people read books like this with the expectation of gory violence and oppressive colonialism from the offset. This book does take its time to establish the Igboland, before the British arrive later in the book.

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