This paper looks at Chinua Achebe's
novels "Things Fall Apart" and "No Longer at Ease". It briefly details the life of the
author, then breaks down the numerous subplots in both novels, both pre-
colonial and colonial, in order to show the damaging effects of trying to find a balance with two totally opposite belief systems and relate this to America today. It concludes with the
author's own view on what is like to be an African-American today.