The story sets during the second World War and the only means of modern entertainment was the The Mobile Cinema Van.
The book is very rich in proverbs and a lot of wise words
“The Potter’s Wheel” >Tells of Obuechina Maduabuchi (mouthful), the only brother of six older sisters, prize pupil in the village school, apple of his doting mother (Mama Obu)’s eye,eight years old and hopelessly spoilt.
In a vain attempt to salvage his character, his father (Papa Mazi Lazarus Maduabuchi) decides he must be sent away as a servant to a schoolmaster with a dragon of a wife.
Obu goes and he comes back very different.
Points to note in the potter’s wheel;
*The story is all about 0buechina*, Maxi is the father of Obu and he has seven children*, Obu is the 6th child and he is the only son* of the family, his best friend is *oti*, while the eldest of the three friends is *samuel* who is referred to as the *bully and trickster*. Obu lived with his family in the village of *Umuchukwu*.
Obu came first in the school exam while he was 5 years old. *ogechukwu(obu’s immediate sister)* is three years older than obu, but ogechukwu failed. obu ‘wished’ he didn’t want to go to school at the age of 5, but his parents refused. (Mazi, Obu’s father was a cloth dealer* and he was a dancer when he was young. obu’s father also had a bicycle but the first person to have ridden a bicycle in *Umuachukwu town* was *Chief Okeke Okafor*
Obu was given a *red flute* to congratulate him on his success, when obuechina was asked to name anything he wanted and he asked for a *goat*, Mazi his father said they had one for christmas already.
Obu said he wanted to learn how to ride a bicycle and it was granted unto him, although, he never got to learn it.
Obu’s mother over pampered him which led him to bed wetting and obu was meant to die at his 9th birthday, as a result of a mark and a stone called *ogbanje stone* which was buried and which represent the life of obu. then Obu wanted *david* to teach him...