Obi received a job in the senior service in the scholarship office. He did not care for his boss, an Englishman named Mr. Green, who expressed negative opinions of Nigerians, but he soon became friends with Miss Tomlinson, the secretary. This is the story of Obi, a bright, idealistic young man who has returned to Nigeria after earning his college degree in London. He gets a civil service job as an administrator in the Education Department in the big city and capital, Lagos. Mostly his work involves giving out scholarships. This chapter heightens the tension between Obi and the UPU. The UPU is the symbol of the village and of the faith and expectations the village places on Obi. They look up to him and believe him to be wealthy because of his position, class, and education—an education which they have provided through a scholarship/loan. The car, like the fact of Obi's study abroad, is something that the Umuofians admire; it is a symbol for which they, literally, cheer. Obi, köy yasantisindan kopuyor, okumak icin binbir umutla Londra'ya gonderiliyor ve baskalasim hikayesi basliyor. Kulturel degisime ugruyor ama hicbir kulturel degisime ugramadan donmesini bekleyen cevresini memnun etmeye calismaktan da geri durmuyor. Surekli kendi icinde bir gelenek/yenilik catismasi var. Hangisini sececegini bir turlu bilemiyor. Bir pasajda kendisi de durup dusundugunu ve bu hale dusme sebebinin kendi akilsizligi oldugunu fark ettigini soyluyor. Nihayet geleneklere karsi gelip dernege para yollamayi kestiginde, hayatini duzene sokmak icin artik cok gec kaliyor. Not only does the Union voice such questions, but they also pry into his dalliance with an Osu girl. Faced with such a disgraceful situation, Obi storms out of the meeting rejecting their request to accept the 4 month extension on loan.

Yalniz burada soyle bir ayrim var. Yol temasi genellikle karakterlerin olgunlasmasi, aydinlanmasi, kendi iradesini ortaya koyabilir hale gelmesi sayesinde kurguyu olumlu bir yone dogru tasir. Ama kitapta bu soz konusu degil. Hem Obi, hem de ulkesi, degisim karsisinda edilgen pozisyondalar. Basa gelen cekilir diyerek oradan oraya savruluyorlar. Obi, Londra'da kalmayip ulkesine geri donuyor. Hikayenin kirilma noktasi burasi. Geri donmek zorunda kalmasi, tekrar baslangic noktasina gelmesi. Bu secim, Obi icin kisir bir son doguruyor. Yol kavrami ulke icin de olumsuz anlama sahip. Beyaz adam uzun yollardan gecip Afrika topraklarina ayak bastiginda kitanin degisim sureci basliyor. Ama bu, beyaz adamin isine gelen bir "yol"; Afrika konunun sadece nesnesi. Dolayisiyla degisim, Afrikali icin "iyiye ve guzele dogru giden bir yol" degil, tam tersine, beraberinde edilgenlik, yenilgi, somurulme gibi olumsuz hisleri getiren sancili bir surec. Dolayisiyla kitaptaki yollarin sonu daima kurakliga, kisirliga aciliyor. His deepening love affair with a beautiful, educated nurse Clara Okeke suddenly hits a wall when the latter reveals that she is an Osu. Osu is a caste in Nigeria, and an Osu is someone whose fore-fathers has dedicated themselves as servants of god. It’s a rigid caste-based society and superstition holds that outsiders who marry Osus bring misfortune upon themselves. Obi, being a Christian and hailing from a family of devout Christians (who wouldn’t even eat at their neighbors’ because they sacrifice food to idols – heathen food), believed that this would not be a problem. But Obi couldn’t be further from the truth. His father implores him to change his mind and not marry an Osu, who he equates to lepers. Obi puts forward arguments of Christianity to help his father understand and having his father’s quiet submission he knows that he can convince his mother too. His mother however stoutly refuses to discuss the matter and requests Obi to wait for her death before he marries, and if indeed he marries earlier she threatens to kill herself. Discuss the problem of language in the novel. Think about the problem as it relates to the characters of the novel as well as to Chinua Achebe. Mentre nel primo libro il titolo si riferiva ad una poesia di Yeats (”The second coming”) in cui parlava della caduta del vecchio mondo rappresentato dal Cristianesimo, qui il riferimento è a T. S. Eliot This is my second book by Achebe, but I must say that I feel disappointed. Unlike the first one (Things fall apart), I couldn't get familiar with the characters, I didn't feel cautivated by the plot or the context of the book, even though they are both similar in both books, but I feel the characters here are not as attractive as in the first book.

Obi's mind was mostly on Clara, whom he had started dating and planned to marry. She was very secretive and he did not know why he was not able to tell people about them. NO LONGER AT EASE (1960) is the second part of Chinua Achebe's celebrated trilogy. In THINGS FALL APART, the first part, Achebe's main concern is mostly the pre-colonial life in late-19th century Nigeria. The novel begins with the trial of Obi Okonkwo, who we find within this first chapter is accused of having taken a bribe. The courtroom is full and the case seems to be a very popular one—everyone in Lagos, Nigeria, has been talking about it and is going to witness it in court on his/her day off. Obi seems to be indifferent most of the time until tears come to his face when his "education" and his "promise" are mentioned. Clara Okeke eventually reveals that she is an osu, an outcast by her descendants, meaning that Obi cannot marry her under the traditional ways of the Igbo people of Nigeria. He remains intent on marrying Clara, but even his Christian father opposes it, although reluctantly due to his desire to progress and eschew the "heathen" customs of pre-colonial Nigeria. His mother begs him on her deathbed not to marry Clara until after her death, threatening to kill herself if Obi disobeys. When Obi informs Clara of these events, Clara breaks the engagement and intimates that she is pregnant. Obi arranges an abortion, which Clara reluctantly undergoes, but she suffers complications and refuses to see Obi afterwards.

He is one of the few writers of our time who has touched us with a code of values that will never be ironic.” —Michael Ondaatje Obi's mother grew ill and he traveled to visit her. There his father privately asked about Clara and expressed his reservations, but Obi tried to tell him that because he was a Christian he could not care about Clara's osu status. His mother, however, told him firmly that he could only marry her after she died, and if he married her beforehand she would kill herself. Later a handsome and boyish man, the eligible bachelor the Hon. Sam Okoli, arrives at the club. Obi thinks he can make out Clara in the man's car. Chapter 5 Obi no longer belongs to the old society. His father is the rebellious son of Okonkwo who left home for the Christian church and was educated in mission schools. Obi received a similar education and was selected by his community to study in England. The financial and personal obligation this creates plagues Obi throughout the novel, for after he receives his Western education he no longer shares the old customs and the old sense of loyalty. He considers himself an independent young man of the city, with a Western concept of government and administration. After his return from England he receives a civil service job and has visions of reforming the bureaucracy. The story is thus about the practical difficulties (it is not really a psychological study) of an ordinary individual separating himself cleanly from the past while adapting to the glitter and temptations of the new.Joseph took Obi out afterward. Obi did not want to drink but Joseph insisted. Obi watched an old white lady totter about the room and sit in her corner. He wondered why the hotel the Union put him up in was not very luxurious and told Joseph he was going to come stay with him. Joseph was pleased.

Chinua's second novel, following Things Fall Apart, jumps several generations in time. Obi Okonkwo, an Ibo from eastern Nigeria, has returned from university studies in England and takes a position as a civil servant in Lagos.Asking these and many more such difficult to answer questions is Chinua Achebe in his book – No Longer At Ease. El protagonista estudiaba en Inglaterra gracias a una beca que fue pagada por su gente en Nigeria. Él era una persona intachable, a la cual era imposible sobornar o hacer nada deshonesto. Sin embargo, a medida que se quedó sin dinero, su visión de la vida fue cambiando por otras cosas que no diré para no hacer spoilers, pero al final el mensaje demuestra que el dinero es un arma muy poderosa de la cual todos necesitamos alguna vez en la vida. Quizás unos más que otros, pero la necesitamos. En resumen "El dinero no hace la felicidad, pero vaya que ayuda!". il nigerian english, che è un inglese semplificato, di uso pubblico, dalle locuzioni caratteristiche (vedi l’espressione, spesso utilizzata nel romanzo, to know book, che significa “essere istruito, avere studiato”); c’è, occasionalmente, il broken english(quello parlato dal venditore di Madeira); e c’è infine il pidgin english,2 che nei dialoghi del romanzo compare spesso, parlato dai ceti popolari o all’occasione da un locutore che vuole imprimere un tono colloquiale al proprio discorso.” We’ve all heard of (or read) the author’s most famous work, Things Fall Apart. This book, No Longer at Ease, is the second volume in what became a trilogy. The third volume is Arrow of God. Achebe mostly associates morality with the Umuofians, as opposed to the English. Obi's moral downfall, which entails his loss of connection to his hometown and his family, his consorting with louche characters, his impregnating and leaving Clara, his financial mistakes, his pride and his ignorance, and, of course, his acceptance of bribes, are both a result of his own character and the situation in which he navigates. That situation itself is informed by the legacy of colonialism, which made bribes commonplace, supported hypocrisy and incompetence, and encouraged young Nigerians to find value and power in the white man's world. Education