What is the significance of the novel No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe?

The title reflects the discomfort felt by the main character, Obi Okonkwo. His university education in England has left him feeling alienated from his family and friends. While in England, he was alone in a foreign place, thousands of miles from his family, speaking a foreign tongue.

What is the central idea of no longer at ease?

The Corruptibility of Civil Servants. One of Chinua Achebe’s main socio-political criticisms in No Longer At Ease is that of corruption in Nigeria. From the moment the book begins the main character, Obi Okonkwo, is confronted with the issue of bribery.

How does no longer ease end?

By Chinua Achebe Achebe chooses not to belabor or repeat the scene in the courtroom where we learn of Obi’s guilt. Instead, he ends with just a few sentences explaining that nobody knows why Obi began to accept bribes, or how he became corrupt. We are left with a number of unsettling questions.

How many pages are in no longer at ease?

168 pages
No Longer at Ease (African Writers Series) Paperback. New. 168 pages.

Who is Mr Green in no longer at ease?

Green is representative of the white, European presence in Africa that resulted from the spread of England’s empire and its colonial hold on Nigeria. He is an arrogant man, who believes that the African is “corrupt through and through” and that it is the British who have brought Africans civilization and education.

What year is no longer at ease set in?

1950’s
setting (time) Late 1950’s, around 1957 (when the narrator is about twenty-six years old). However, the novel also moves backwards to describe the time when Obi was growing up and when he has won a scholarship to study abroad in England. setting (place) Nigeria; specifically, Umuofia and Lagos.

Where is No Longer at Ease set?

Nigeria
setting (place) Nigeria; specifically, Umuofia and Lagos. Sometimes the action moves back to London, but only briefly. major conflict The fact that Obi is caught between two worlds: that of a traditional Africa and that of a changing and new world that lives amidst two cultures (the English and the African).

How is Obi characterized?

Chinua Achebe indirectly characterizes Michael Obi as an enthusiastic, progressive headmaster. Achebe develops Obi’s character through his actions and comments. Initially, Obi is depicted as a positive man with good intentions, but he is later portrayed as a stubborn, unsympathetic individual.

Where did Obi live with Joseph after returning to Africa?

Lagos
Obi returns to Nigeria after four years of studies and lives in Lagos with his friend Joseph. He takes a job with the Scholarship Board and is almost immediately offered a bribe by a man who is trying to obtain a scholarship for his sister.

What point of view is no longer at ease written?

Third Person (Limited Omniscient) This book is told in the third person, looking in from the outside on Obi’s life, habits, and thoughts.

How is Obi characterized in no longer at ease?

The protagonist of the No Longer at Ease, Obi Okonkwo, is a young man born in Ibo in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umuofia. Obi finds himself at the beginning of a generation of change, caught between two worlds. He is unable to marry the woman that he loves because she is considered an outcast.

Who is Clara in no longer at ease?

Clara is another character in the novel that is struggling in the changing world of pre-independence Nigeria. She is educated abroad, like Obi, and has a career as a nurse. She has a mind of her own and is often stubborn but shows herself to be quite caring, nevertheless.