Things Fall Apart: Chapter 17

Chapter seventeen starts out with the Christian missionaries asking for land to put there church on. The elders of the village allow them to have to build their church on this plot of land in the "Evil Forest". To the elders surprise the missionaries are very excited to be able to build their church there. The reason the elders allowed them to build their church in the "Evil Forest" was because they believed that the forest would kill them lol. Of course, the forest would not actually kill them. I believe that the forest is kind of like the "Boogeyman" of today. In this chapter Okonkwo finds out that Nwoye has been hanging around with the missionaries. Okonkwo is furious and wonders how he could ever raise such a weak son. The first women that joined the Christian church was Nneka. Nneka was not afraid to stand up for what she believed in, and back in that time I am going to give her a lot of credit for doing that. Nneka would is kind of like the Rosa Parks of their time. I could also not believe that if a woman would have twins they would kill them. That is just completely wrong. I am also glad that Nwoye leaves Okonkwo for what he did to him. I believe that things are going keep going wrong and possibley drive Okonkwo to insanity.