Getting back in the game

After missing what feels like an eternity of school, Jspell is back in action and ready to blog! I've spent a lot of time sitting at home on the couch watching the tele, but that gets nothing accomplished in the long run. Pops has been telling me to just pick up a book and read, because there are endless lessons to be learned just by reading the words of the respected authors who have put their ideas down on paper about an array of topics. Take Chinua Achebe for example with his novel “Things Fall Apart”. His overall intention was to depict the important of courage and nobility but also explores themes of ignorance and cruelty within a struggling society. The novel is set in the late 1800’s showing the growing rival between the white Nigerian government and the indigenous Igbo Africans. "Achebe illustrates that the two different cultures cannot communicate with each other through language, but only through violence" (Troyer, 2007) .
He focuses on the impact that white colonials make on tribal society. Achebe writes from the heart about the views of tribal life and the idea of change. He illustrates a very important message throughout the novel, one that cannot be ignored. Change is always going to occur no matter what the situation, good or bad. Those who can incorporate the change, will be the ones to come out on top .