Unaltered Opinions

In my opinion the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, was not an enjoyable read although it was eye-opening. The book doesn't fall along a very structured plot line and goes off in rambling stories that don't usually have much to do with the novel itself. I found the sentence structure, choice of words and writing style unappealing. However in Achebe's defence, the book shed some light on a culture that many North Americans are rarely exposed to. The novel was enlightening to an interesting culture, but the presentation of events within the book are colourless and dramatic events are downplayed and understated in a stale fashion. Prior to reading the novel I did not believe in a lot of elements to the Igbo peoples' culture, like killing twin babies for example. Granted, the Igbo culture is exotic and intriguing my opinion of their culture is unaltered by the book despite the education and explanation it has provided.