It is ironic that Obi is cut off by a cyclist driving erratically, when the cyclist is a 'Future Minister'.
Obi's theory of tragedy is ironic because he discounts suicide as a viable tragic end when his own grandfather, Ogbuefi Okonkwo, committed suicide in Things Fall Apart.
The Question and Answer section for No Longer at Ease is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Even though the subject of colonialism is not specifically dealt with in this novel, it is still pervasive and significant. The events of the novel take place in the last days of the British reign in Nigeria and reveal the tensions present between...
I see no evidence of a proverb mentioned in Chapter Fifteen. I do see a story told by Chrostopher;
'There was one woman in my place who returned from market one day and found that her two children had fallen into a well and drowned. She wept...
Clara felt abandoned, burdened, and hopeless.
Obi suffers from guilt and indecisiveness.
