Things Fall Apart

In the beginning of Things Fall Apart, it was not very interesting to me. It was just talking about the characters and giving them background. However, as the book progressed, it got a bit more exciting. Some of their traditions were interesting to learn about and how Okonkwo obtained Ikemefuna. By the time Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna, they had developed a father-son bond, but Okonkwo did not want to seem weak, so he killed his favorite "child". Also, the fact that Okonkwo doesn't like his real son, Nwoye, that much because he isn't as tough or violent as he should be was came unexpectedly to me. I would have thought that because he is his only son that Okonkwo would have loved him more and had a closer relationship with him, but it was almost the opposite. Even though Ikemefuna made Nwoye more like a man, he still was not as favored as much as Ikemefuna.