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How is the Reader Drawn into Achebe's Fictional World?
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How is the Reader Drawn into Achebe's Fictional World? The book is written in the past tense, as though it were a story being related to someone. The opening of Chapter three maintains this tradition. The persona who narrates this story is relatively objective in his/her account of the occurrences in Umofia and they seem to have access to the characters' innermost thoughts. In this style of narration, the persona is often referred to as the 'voice of God'. By choosing to write the story this way, Achebe enables the reader to sympathize with the characters in a way that would not be possible had it been written otherwise. Customs unique to Igbo culture are interwoven with features that are personal to the characters. Aspects of Igbo lifestyle that would seem strange to those unacquainted with their culture are written with nonchalance (that is, the persona is not awed when recounting...
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