Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, Things Fall Apart, is set in the village Umuofia in Nigeria. It is about the personal struggle of Okonkwo, the main character, to live contrary to his father’s own shameful and ignominious life. Therefore, he is often harsh toward his wives and children and tries not to show any passion or [...]
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Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Posted in book review, books, tagged Africa, African literature, Chinua Achebe, classics, literature, Nigeria, Things Fall Apart on July 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pride and Prejudice: the book and the 2005 movie
Posted in book review, books, movie review, movies, tagged classics, Jane Austen, Kiera Knightley, literature, movie review, Pride and Prejudice on June 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
A brief introduction of the book: In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet, the fussy and sometimes inappropriate mother of the Bennet sisters, aims to have her five daughters married. The novel starts with the arrival of the wealthy Mr. Bingley to town, who has newly rented a Netherfield estate. Mrs. Bennet wants him [...]
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
Posted in book review, tagged classics, John Steinbeck, Nobel, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer, The Grapes of Wrath on May 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41adOkkXUzL.jpg author: John Steinbeck Set during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl migration, The Grapes of Wrath tells the journey of the Joad family’s migration from Oklahoma to California. I think that The Grapes of Wrath is a very hopeful book. One is deeply inspired as he follows along the great moments and disappointments [...]
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