TFA 1

The way that progresses is slightly confusing. It switches between past and present and stories about characters. It was confusing and annoying how in the first chapter it talked about the son hating his father, then the father while switching between the father as younger and older and then back to the son with the father (who I thought was dead) then back to him being dead. Aside from that I think the use of simple language is interesting. I think it is to make up for how many African words and customs are in the text and to also simplify things. It's a nice step back from the much more complicated diction that has been in the last few books/poems (aside from the stream-of-conciousness-like conveying of time).