Summary and Analysis of “No Longer at Ease”

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Introduction
Plot Summary
Characters
Summary
Thematic Analysis

English Literature students sometimes find it difficult to read some major syllabus books and need someone's help. Literary language differs from everyday spoken language, so they find it difficult to read literary articles, plays, poems, and novels. In such a situation, instruction books help them.

This guidebook is for students of English literature. It is not the original novel. If you want to read the original novel, this is not the book for you. This guidebook provides only a summary and analysis of the original text.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Jan 16, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215489314

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Summary and Analysis of No Longer at Ease

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Table of Content

Introduction

Plot Summary

Characters

Summary

Thematic Analysis

A Few Words

English Literature students sometimes find it difficult to read some major syllabus books and need someone's help. Literary language differs from everyday spoken language, so they find it difficult to read literary articles, plays, poems, and novels. In such a situation, instruction books help them.

This guidebook is for students of English literature. It is not the original novel. If you want to read the original novel, this is not the book for you. This guidebook provides only a summary and analysis of the original text.

Thank you

Chapter 1

Introduction

The story of the novel revolves around the life of Okonkwo; he is a popular person in Umuofia, one of a fictional group of nine villages in Nigeria. Okonkwo is a leader and a local wrestling champion.

The area where he lives is mostly inhabited by the Igbo people, called Ibo in the novel. The story mainly depicts his family and personal history and the customs followed by the Igbo.

The story shows how British colonialism and Christian missionaries influenced the lives of the Igbo people during the last part of the 19th century. It demonstrates how one powerful culture can overcome ancient customs and beliefs using modern means and superior knowledge.

No Longer at Ease by one of the most celebrated novelists, Chinua Achebe, was published in 1960. It was initially written as the second part of a larger book together with Things Fall Apart and the other book Arrow of God, published in 1964. It was also written on a similar subject.

His two other novels were A Man of the People and Anthills of the Savannah, which were published in 1966 and 1987, respectively. These novels did not feature Okonkwo’s descendants but, according to Chinua Achebe, were spiritual successors to the earlier novels. He had previously chronicled African history in his novels.

Chapter 2

Plot Summary

The novel begins with the trial of Obi Okonkwo. He has been facing a trial on a charge of accepting a bribe.

After the trial scene, the story shifts to the past to the time when Obi Okonkwo is on his way to England. The narrative describes how he came