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Okonkwo beat the Cat
This is the preface of story; Okonkwo beat the Cat in wresting. This made him very famous. -
New Yam Festival
The women thoroughly scrub and decorate their huts, throw away all of their unused yams from the previous year, and use cam wood to paint their skin and that of their children with decorative designs. With nothing to do, Okonkwo becomes angry, and he finally comes up with an excuse to beat his second wife, Ekwefi. He then decides to go hunting with his gun. Okonkwo is not a good hunter, however, and Ekwefi mutters a snide remark under her breath about “guns that never shot.” In a fit of fury, he -
Wresting on village ilo
The wrestling begins with matches between boys ages fifteen and sixteen. Maduka, the son of Okonkwo’s friend Obierika, wins one match within seconds. Maduka beat the other guy finally. -
Death of Ikemefuna
The village decided to kill Ikemefuna finally. After hours of walking, a man attacks him with a machete. Ikemefuna cries to Okonkwo for help. Okonkwo doesn’t wish to look weak, so he cuts the boy down. This made Okonkwo stay in depression for a long time -
Ezinma sick
Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo very early in the morning and tells him that Ezinma is dying. Okonkwo ascertains that Ezinma has a fever and sets about collecting medicine. Ezinma is Ekwefi’s only child and the “center of her world.” Ekwefi is very lenient with her: Ezinma calls her by her first name and the dynamic of their relationship approaches equality. -
Okonkwo accidentally kills Ogbuefi Ezeudu's 16 year old son by mistake.
Okonkwo feels guilty at the announcement of Ogbuefi Ezeudu's death because the last time Ezeudu visited him was to warn him against taking part in Ikemefuna's death. At Ogbuefi Ezeudu's large and elaborate funeral, the men beat drums and fire their guns. Tragedy occurs when Okonkwo's gun explodes and kills Ogbuefi Ezeudu's sixteen year old son. His life was changed in this point. -
Uchendu's family reviceve Okonkwo's family
Okonkwo’s uncle, Uchendu, and the rest of his kinsmen receive him warmly. They help him build a new compound of huts and lend him yam seeds to start a farm. Soon, the rain that signals the beginning of the farming season arrives, in the unusual form of huge drops of hail. Okonkwo works hard on his new farm but with less enthusiasm than he had the first time around. He has toiled all his life because he wanted “to become one of the lords of the clan,” but now that possibility is gone. Uchendu per -
Okonkwo confronts Nwoye
In an attempt to get rid of the white men, the villagers give them free land in the Evil Forest on which to build their church and school. To their chagrin, nothing evil happens to them. Okonkwo and Nwoye argue over Nwoye's new life and Okonkwo calls him degenerate and effeminate.
Okonkwo (known as the roaring fire) rationalizes, "living fire begets cold, impotent ash". -
Okonkwo's exile is finished
After seven years of exile, he suffered from it everyday. Now he finally finished! -
Tribal leaders are arrested, humiliated and put in jail.
The leaders are put in the missionaries jail and are subjected to torture and humiliating acts. A fine of 200 cowries is paid for their release. -
Okonkwo hangs himself.!
When the District Commissioner arrives at Okonkwo's compound, he finds that Okonkwo has hanged himself. Obirika and his friends lead the commissioner to the body. Obierika explains that suicide is a grave sin; thus, according to custom, none of Okonkwo's clansmen may touch his body. The commissioner, who is writing a book about Africa, believes that the story of Okonkwo's rebellion and death will make for an interesting paragraph or two. He has already chosen the book'ss title: The Pacification
