The Whole story: SoCal

Even though this video is a commercial for a tourism website, I believe that it paints a more complete picture of what everyone else sees and thinks of about SoCal and California in general. In my mind the best part about this video is that it shows that some of surf and go to the beach but it also shows that we do a lot of other things as well. I think this is how Achebe portrays Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart. Throughout the story Achebe shows us how Okonkwo is the ideal child in the Ibo peoples eyes. But Achebe also shows us that Okonkwo often loses his temper and beats up his wives and children. Although that is not a good characterization of Okonkwo Achebe still includes in the story because that gives the whole story.