Why was “roots” such a huge success

May someone me with these questions

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?

50 points hurry in at least two hundred words, explain the ways that okonkwo is connected to the theme of “tradition.” how do his violent tendencies tie in to that theme, and how are they contradictory to that theme?