Brian+Isbell

My first Impression of the novel is that it is not boring. Usually when books start out they are not interesting at all and just explain a lot to help you figure things out. This book "Things Fall Apart" helped explain the book, but at the same time was able to keep my attention. I feel as though the Igbo culture is full of conflict ; and people always perceive and pay attention to people's status' (reputations). In our culture i think we are more civilized than the Igbo people. I also think a big difference is that there is not so much day-to-day violence in our culture. At the same time, our culture has many similarities. One that comes to my mind is the communication amongst each-other. We do judge people by how they're reputation is many times like the Igbo tribe ( as "Things Fall Apart" displays). Overall i feel as though we as a culture are more calm and distant than the Igbo people. They (alot of the time) are very close to each other and no each other very well and know everybody's business.

The Igbo people describe masculinity as violence, not having feelings, not showing signs of weakness or fear, and also being strong. We as a people see masculinity similar and differently than the Igbo people. Personally when i hear that word, i do think of a man and someone who is big or maybe powerful in anyway. I think women are weaker physically but should not be thought of as less than men. We are all humans and should all have the same opportunities. When i hear others stating that they are less than men i feel pretty angry and that those people are discriminative. It could also relate to racism, I have a small taste of that because i am biracial. Also could relate to all the other words that involve judging someone but, in its own, is sexism.