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     The Cadre, November 26,,1974, Page 10 - y 7 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Attic i 
     
    
   
   
    
     This week we'll be 
     
     taking a look_at another 
     
     book by Chinua Achebe, fig 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Aakeiiing - 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Part II. 
     
    
   
   
    
     takes place in Nigeria ag— 
     
     ain but this time circa 19— 
     
     55 where it details the 
     
     struggle of Obi Okonkwo, 
     
    
   
   
    
     college and an idealistic 
     
     young man in a senior po— 
     
     sition in the civil ser— 
     
     vice(a white pest). 
     
     Delicate connections 
     
     are made between the world 
     
     of the past and that of the 
     
     present. At times the tri- 
     
     bal origins of the_people 
     
     loom large, at times they 
     
     recede into the background« 
     
     but it is always there. 
     
     When compared to Thi— 
     
     ggg Fall Apart, the latter 
     
     novel cannot be called ne- 
     
     arly so effective, which 
     
     by the way is no insult. The 
     
     good pales in front of the 
     
     great. Unlike the older bo- 
     
     ok,_§g Longer g3 Ease does 
     
     not evoke its theme so cle— 
     
     arly. It is difficult at 
     
     times to know what it's I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the feeling that he-hSSjbeen 
     
     left behind by the.plot. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is a major under-' 
     
     taking to decide what the 
     
     theme of the novel is. Per? 
     
     haps that primitive man 
     
     cannot cope with the mod—' 
     
     ern world or maybe just that 
     
     the modern world is uncope- 
     
     ab1e(if*you'1l pardon the 
     
    
   
   
    
     _grammer). And yet at the 
     
    
   
   
    
     same time the characters 
     
     are continually applauding 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~their new society and look- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing forwardionly.tg the 
     
     best of all'possibié worlds. 
     
     Almost undoubtably this is 
     
    
   
   
    
     a tOnguerin—cfieek  
     
     ' JR, .5 in, 
     
    
   
   
    
     the author. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oh yes, at the end, 
     
     like his grandfather, Obi 
     
     gets his for his inability 
     
    
   
   
    
     Longer gt Ease, a contin— 
     
     uation on the same theme 
     
    
   
   
    
     as Things Fall Apart. It 
     
    
   
   
    
     purpose is. Indeed by the 
     
     end of the book one gets 
     
    
   
   
    
     Okonkwo's grandson, who is 
     
     a graduate of an English : 
     
    
   
   
    
     to cope with the modern 
     
     world.4 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ‘ o . 
     
    
   
   
    
     There they are, so far away, 
     
     And my thoughts are with them, throughout everyday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     i miss them so: but, that is to be, 
     
     ~They are a part of me. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .As a pillar stands, so strong and tall, I ’_;Aflfl 
     
    
   
   
    
     So do they; but, above all.;L1-,5€ o3 [siromsm 5 
     
     Their hands reach out, their love is hggegjgdjsi 
     
     To me. . . I find that dear. . .:..w.. 
     
    
   
   
    
     They are there, throughout everyday, 
     
    

    
     And, of course, t am the one to say. . . 
     
    

    
     That without their strength, and their advice, 
     
     My life, might not be so nice. ‘ . 
     
    
   
   
    
     They worked, so hard, thrOughout every year, 
     
     And again, I can say, that's dear, 
     
    

    
     But, for this work, i give them respect, 
     
    

    
     And I will use, this. . . as my prospect. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Through their years, they have gained a lot. 
     
    

    
     You could say . . . life was self-taught. 
     
    

    
     They give to me, with their out-stretched hands, 
     
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