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.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 16

This chapter starts out with Obierika returning once again to the village of Mbanta to talk to Okonkwo. As he is walking through the village he sees Nwoye with Christian missionaries and decides to talk to Okonkwo about it. Okonkwo refuses to talk to him about Nwoye and I believe that it is because he is very disappointed in Nwoye for talking to the Christian missionaries. Since Okonkwo will not talk about Nwoye, Obierika talks to Nwoye's mother about it. She tells him that they showed up and was telling them about how they should accept the one real god and stop believing in their false gods. Basically, everyone in the village laughs at them and just calls them crazy. I guess if I was there and I was taught that there was more than one god, I would probably call them crazy to. Some how Nwoye some what believes the missionaries because he says that it explains the death of Ikemefuna and the twin newborns. Once again I really do not know where this book is going. My best guess is that Nwoye will convert to Christianity.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 15

This chapter starts out with Okonkwo's good friend Obierika making a visit to Okonkwo. This somehow his second year in exile so I guess that the book has skipped over quite a bit. When Obierika arrives he gives Okonkwo some bags of cowries. He also tells Okonkwo that the village of Abame was destroyed by the white men. It started when some arrived at the camp and the prophets predicted that they would destroy their village so they killed the "white men". The funniest part was when they tied the white mans "iron horse (bicycle)" to the sacred tree so it would not go anywhere haha, lol. Then village was destroyed by the white mans following comrades. I think that when they tied the "iron horse" to tree so it could not get away was the funniest thing I have heard so far in this book. Well at this point I believe that some wars will break out because of the white mans arrival and possibly Okonkwo could be killed in the fighting.

Things Fall apart: Chapter 14

Okonkwo and his family go to his mother village where they accept him warmly. Okonkwo's uncle Uchendu gives him yam seeds and helps him build huts. At this point I do feel bad for Okonkwo, even though I think that he had it coming. I mean this bad luck happened at the worst possible time because Okonkwo was just starting to soften up then this happens. Well anyway, Uchendu's son get married and they have a ceremony/celebration. After the ceremony Uchendu talks to Okonkwo and I believe that this helped Okonkwo a lot. Uchendu basically tells Okonkwo that life sometimes gets rough and harsh but its no reason to give up or kill yourself over. Because you still have your family to look after. At this point in the book I believe that Okonkwo will be fine and he himself will become an even stronger person.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 13

This chapter starts out with the village finding out about Ogbuefi Ezeudu's death. To tell the village they use a ekwe, which is a musical instrument of some sort. I found this pretty cool, considering that when something tragic happens you can normally hear like a fire siren or something going off. So I guess that a ekwe is like their fire siren lol. Because Ezeudu was a very great warrior his funeral was massive. This also relates to today in the fact, that if you have a lot of money you can throw more extravagant funeral/parties things like that, compared to if you did now have a lot of money. Another thing that relates to today, is when they play the drums and fire guns at the funeral. You see this happen at a soldiers funeral today. Like I guessed last chapter something bad happens, and this completely caught me off guard, it was almost kind of random. Okonkwo's gun accidentally explodes and kills Ezeud's sixteen year old son. After that happens Okonkwo's family is banished for seven years from the village and their buildings and animals are destroyed. At this point I believe that their justice system is all messed up and just as I thought that I figured out the book it completely changes. So now, I have no idea what is going to happen.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 12

The chapter begins with telling the reader how worried Okonkwo actually was. Though it turns out that everything is going to be ok. To make the day better the village is preparing for Obierika's daughter's uri, which I guess that it is a type of engagement party. Everything is going good until there is this little dispute about cows lol, out of all things. Well this problem is resolved and the party moves on. Obierika has brought a huge goat and the in-laws brought a ton of wine. This whole engagement party type thing, is actually quite a bit like what we do in America today. People bring food, wine, and gifts to these things they exchange greetings and have a good time. Because everything has been going ok in this chapter I am a little bit worried that something bad is going to happen.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 11

This chapter starts out telling a very unique story about how and why a tortoise shell is not smooth. The story itself is just absolutely unique. I believe that the story shows how creative these people were because they did not have the technology that we have. Instead of just coming into the house and being able to watch TV. They actually had to make up their owns stories and games to entertain themselves. In this chapter there is a very disturbing twist and the twist is that Chielo comes to take Ezinma to the Oracle's cave. Even after Okonkwo tries of persuasion they take Ezinma anyway and demands that no one follows. Even after that warning, Ekwefi follows and decides that if she hears screaming that she will save her. To my surpise and Ekwefi's surprise Okonkwo arrives with a MACHETE of all things. I can not wait to see what happens. I hope that if they try to hurt Ezinma, that Okonkwo runs in and shows them who the real god is lol. I know I would. This book in my opinion is finally starting to get good.