So far the book, Things Fall Apart has been very interesting because they live in a society that is completely different than the society we live in. The most interesting thing that I have come across is the Evil Forest because to the Igbo, this forest represents pure evil. The first time I read about this forest was when Unoka had died and they left him there to rot since his stomach and limbs were swollen. They didn't even bury him, which means that animals and insects probably ate him. Since he couldn't be buried like a normal person in his society, they should have at least buried him and all the other people rather than just throw them in the forest.
Another thing that came up while I was reading the book was that twins were put in “earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest.” They did this because they had no explanation for why two babies were born from one pregnancy so they immediately associated them to evil. They were thrown in the Evil Forest just because of their thinking without giving the kids a chance to grow and prove that they were not evil. Maybe if they let them live for a few years they would realize they were wrong in thinking that twins were evil. However, that is how they were raised and that was probably how they treated twin ever since the Igbo society began. I have read of the Evil Forest two times and I feel like I am still going to read more about it since both times I have read about it, they have been very different types of encounters.
I agree with you too! I found the book interesting since our cultures are so different. I feel like during the setting of this book many abnormal things were seen as evil because they were not common and known and because of the people were especially suspicious at this time.
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