Things Fall Apart Chapter 3

This chapter discusses how Okonkwo had a very rough childhood and that he had to work hard to where he got. It wrote about how lazy his father was. Hisw father went to see the Oracle to see why his crops would not grow. The priestess of the Oracle basically told him that it was his fault that his crops did not grow. He did not try as hard as the other people who lived in the village and that is why he could not grow anything. It also wrote about how Okonkwo's father died. His stomach started to swell and that was against the peoples' religion. Because of this, Unoka was not allowed to die in his own home. He had to be tied to a tree in the Evil Forest so that he would not come back to die. Okonkwo resesented him for this. It then went on about how Okonkwo worked his way to the top. He borrowed some yam seeds form a wealthy neighbor and tried to grow them. The harvest was horrible because it would rain like crazy, then there would be a drought. He still had a harvest of yams at the end because he saved some of the seeds. I thought that this chapter was kind of pointless. I really did not need to know how Unoka died.