Good morning, world. It is another beautiful day of sunshine
and more blessings. I hope you are doing great. For me, I am gradually getting
back on track from all the melancholy I was experiencing since the beginning of
the year. Actually, I don’t know why I was experiencing that. I think it’s
because a relative of mine fell seriously sick, but she is better now. That
explains my drastic weight loss and all the uninspired days, but I’m all good
now, and ready to face 2016, and live the sweet sixteen life with good
intentions.
I have finished reading Santrofi
on National Service, a novel, in which I just used a day to finish reading,
since I was less busy on that day. It was ok, in my opinion. I am getting ready
to do my National Service, next year, and this year is my internship.
It is a story of a young sixth form man, who was posted to
the Upper West Region for his National Service. He was born and raised in
Accra, and he had never left the capital before. His father refused to let him
be a footballer, just like the post I wrote a few days ago, but his posting to
a small village in the Upper West made him know his calling and what he is
capable of, in terms of changing lives.
What I hate about the book is how the protagonist was very
successful (or should I say, too
successful) at everything (teaching, being a role model, at playing
football). It was unrealistic to me. How can a person succeed at everything
without any flaws and suddenly be a champion. Even superheroes have downfalls.
The only downfall he had was when his longtime girlfriend broke up with him,
which was so painful and when a student tempted him to sleep with her.
One lesson I learnt is that you can make a change at the
area where you were posted.
I would give this
novel a 2.5 out of 5.
Have you read it before? What do you think about it?
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