I'm glad for the turn around!

I am very relieved to read a novel that does not sound so depressing but has a happy outlook on life through the eyes of an child. Wole does write in an adult voice using a child's perspective on life. Many speak on this in class and say that its not believable but how can one turn off all of their education to pick up the speech of an three year old? Wole's writing helps put you in the character's world. My favorite part of the book is that they all call him "lawyer". You just imagine a little three year old always questioning and wanting to prove his maturity to the household. He is so eager to find out about everything and his inquisitiveness keeps the reader wanting to read more and find out what he is discovering. I think the novel has given us the happier version of the view of colonialism and not the "I was not sad when my brother died" version.