Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart is by a wonderful author: Chinua Achebe. The novel takes a look at something Chinua knows best: a Nigerian tribe. It goes through the traditions and rituals that the Ibo tribe goes through. It shows that even if a culture is different from what we know doesn't make it uncivilized or uncultured. It goes through everything that the tribe could have faced including another culture coming and trying to change things.

Chinua's writing style is amazing. He reaches to his audience and keeps them wanting more. I have read this novel and craved more of his work so I bought several of his other novels. Things Fall Apart can really teach students and non students alike something special and important. Tolerance. His descriptions of the nation, the settings, and even the feelings of the characters makes you feel like you are just watching it happen, not reading it..

..if there was one book that you should read this summer: Things Fall Apart would have to be the book.