Part two
Chapters from 14-19
Okonkwo arrived to his
motherland, he was sent there because of the terrible thing he did in his
village. He came there with all his family and nothing more. Uchendu was the
father of okonkwo`s motherland, he was a very wise man who had lived there
since he was little, and everybody followed him. Okonkwo is progressing quite
good in Mbanta. Each one of Uchendu`s sons gave him 300 seed yams for starting
his farm. They were very cooperative in this prospect and help him in many
ways. Okonkwos attitude was becaming worse and worse, he was depressed because
all of his problems gathered. Days passed and the ceremony started, All the
daughters should be there, they sat in a big circle and the bride sat in the center
with a hen in her right hand. The ceremony was for the bride to confess the
true about herself. If she is dishonest she will suffer or die at chilbirth.
After the ceremony Uchendo started to notice Okonkwo`s attitude, he decided to
teach him a lesson. He said that Okonkow o is only a child, and he has no
experience, he dosen`t know anything and that he has to hear his elders. He
said that when life is a sorrow and bitterness there will always be refuge on
his motherland and that is why his mother has to be of great importance in his
life. He also said that he is not the only one who had suffer, in this village
everyone has suffer, specially himself. Uchendo will always be right about what
he is talking and he will always want the good for everyone.
After staying a lot of days at okonkwo`s motherland, Oberikua
decides to visit him with a special purpose. He brings a several bunch of
cowries because he wanted to give him all the money he gained during
selling his yams. He also bring bad news, he said the village named Abame was
distroyed. It seems that a white men with an iron horse came to the village,
everyone didnt know what to do, so they came to ask the Oracle what should they
do. The Oracle said that the white man would be followed by others, who would
destruct Abame. The villagers obeyed the Oracle and killed the white man and
also tied his iron horse, that ended up being a bycicle, yo their sacred tree
so the could prevent it from getting away and telling the white man`s friends.
A few weeks later, the white men saw the catastrophe of his friend. They decide
to take revenge and destroy almost everything in the Abame
village. Uchendu asked Oberika what did the man said before they killed
him.Oberika replies that he said noting, or nothing that they understand.
Uchendu said that Abame was foolish for killing a man who said nothing. Okonkwo
agrees that the villagers were fools, but he believes that a better idea would
have been to prepare and arm themselves d. They had heard stories about white
men coming with guns and strong drinks and taking slaves away across the sea,
but they never believed these stroies. Uchendu rapidly wanted to teack somethng
to his sons, he told a story about the mother kite and a bird, the metaphore of
this story was: "never kill a mon who says nothing" this means that
if someone dos not say anything, then something is wrong. And if someone
complains then it may be right to do something in response. Also "there is
nothing to fear from someone who shouts", this means people who shout in
protest are less likely to be men of action.
Since
Okonkwo left Umofia changed, The missionaries had come, they had built a church
and had many converts named efelufus. Oberika decided to vistit him again, this
time for another purpose. It was the sudden appearance of Okonkwo`s son, Nwoye,
among the missionaries in Umofia. Nwoye also told him that he was not his
father. Missionaries came to Mbanta, and first was no effect in this village,
nobody believed in them and instead, they laugh of them. Only 2 or 3 were
atracted to the new religion and so it began. Okonkwo react to the news
about the wihte man's God and his son "Jesu Kristi" in an
incredible question: Who was the wife of this god and the mother of Jesus
Kristi? And then he thought that the man was mad. Nwoye reacted to the
news differently to all the others, he had been captivated by the poetry of the
new religion. The death of Ikemefuna had to do a lot with this event, this
death was never answered to nwoye, so maybe this new religion would answer his
question. Okonkwo is a straight man who is convinced that Nwoye is not his
right son with the right spirit. Now by going into a new religion their
relation will come to an end.
The
missionaries request a piece of lando on which they can build a churhc. The
villagers decided to give the a piece in the Evil Forest, where all the evil
people die. The missionaries accept, but the villagers are certain that the
spirits of this forest will kill them in days. Nothing happens and the church
wins 3 converts and days passed and they gained a lot more. Nneka, was a woman
who had a lot of twins in his past pregnancies, and she was one of the converts
who became one of the new religion. One of Okonkwo`s cousins saw Nwoye among
the christians, and he went rapidly to inform Okonkwo. When he saw Nwoye he
bursted into flames and strarted choaking him by the neck. Uchendus saw that
and order him to let go. Nwoye runs to Umofia and started school there where he
could learn reading and writing. Okonkow starts to wonder if he was really his
son, and he thinkks he is such an extremely weak son.
The
church won many converts from the efulefu. One day, osu came to church. Almost all of the converts
moved away from them, and there was an uproar but Mr. Kiaga refused to deny the
membership to the church. He said that they will not die if they cut their hair
or break any of the other taboos that have been imposed by them. Mr. Kiaga’s
persuaded most of the other converts that they could not reject their new faith
only because the outcasts have joined them. The osu became the
most zealous members of the church. Okonkwo demanded Mbanta to the christians
to get out using violence, but the rulers and elders decided to ostracize them
instead. Okonkwo said it was a very womanly clan.
Okonkwo
was almost leaving Mbanta, he was going to return to Umofia. In celebration of
that, and also to gratitude the villagers he throws a large feast for all of
his mother`s kinsmen. He was very grateful althought he thounght that it was a
tremendous waste of time, he thinks t¡Mbanta was too womanly for him. In the
feast, one man tells Okonkwo how grateful he was for the food, but also he sais
that he isvery worriedwith the next generations. He thinks the christianity is
winning people and is taking them away from their families and traditions.
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Summary taken from the book "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.
