How Come Part 2 Is Shorter Than Part 1?

I think part 2 is shorter because in part one we are meeting mostly the main characters and who is married to who and who kids is who. We are basically seeing who belongs to who and who doesn't like who. We are learning how they act and we also learn about some of their traditions. Like the man stays in the bigger hut and all the wives stay around that hut. Also the men in the story have more than one wife and lots of children they take care of. Other traditions are Uri's, Which are like weddings, Peace Week, When you suppose to act loyal and don't do anything mean and hurtful, and how when women have twins they throw them away into the Evil Forest. Part two is mainly about when Okonkwo was exiled and how Obierika visited him twice and ending with them having this big feast for him leaving and going back to his village.

Why Does The Author Includes This Portion Of Okonkwo's Exile In The Book?

I think the author included this part because the end of part one Okonkwo killed Ezeudu's sixteen year old son. So the author probably included this to show he was exiled for seven years, what would happen and how he and his village had to start over. He has to leave everything from his village, wives, his compound and his best friend Obierika. But Obierika helps the villager set his compund on fire. So when he starts over its ever harder than before. I know starting over is really hard especially since his village had all become weak and they didn't fight with their guns or machetes. And planting seeds isn't easy either because we don't control the weather so who knows when it is going to rain. Also in part 2 we meet the missionaries who in the story plays an important role, a white man who doesn't talk, and how Abame was wiped out after they decided to kill the white man.

What's The Purpose Of Part 2 ?

Part two tells what happened when Okonkwo was being exiled, he was in exile for seven years. Another purpose is how when he was in exile his village was bad and how they had to start over. It also shared with us how he reacted while he was in exile. I'm kind of glad the author did not skip this part because if he would have, once we got to part three it would tell about when he came back and then we would be missing what happened while he was in exile. If the author would have skipped this part the book wouldn't make since once we got to part three. If he would have skipped it would there even be a part three? I really don't think so because if he wouldn't have talked about anything while he was in exile it would've just skipped all the way to part three which would eventually become part 2 and that would be the end of the book. So I am glad he talked about this subject.

Ezeudu Died and His Son.

Ezeudu was a great man and also the oldest man in the village. But unfortunately he had died. At his death there were only three men in the whole clan who were older and four or five others in his own age group. his funeral was great, such as befitted a noble warrior. Ezeudu had taken three titles in his life, it was a rare achievement. Because he had titles he was to be buried after dark with only a glowing brand to light the sacred ceremony. The drums and dancing began and reached fever heat. Guns were fired the last salute and the cannon rent the sky. From the center came a cry of agony were a boy laid on the ground in a pool of blood. And it was Ezeudu's sixteen year old son who had been dancing. But it was the gun of Okonkwo and it was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman and the man who committed it must flee from the land. Okonkwo collected his valuables and headed out. Okonkwo had seven years in exile.

Ezinma Gets Sick

Ekwefi woke up Okonkwo early in the morning becauase she said Ezinma was dying. Since Okonkwo love Ezinma he runs to their hut and sees what is wrong with her. Ezinma was laying down shivering on a mat beside the fire. Ezinma was the center of her mother's world since she had lost all her other children a couple months after birth. The medicine man was trying to get them to leave Ezinma alone but they wouldn't because Okonkwo wanted to know were did she bury her iyi-uwa, which is a special kind of stone which forms the link between an obanje and the spirit world. Only if the iyi-uwa were discovered and destroyed would the child not die. So Okonkwo went out to the bush and came back with grasses, leaves and roots and barks of medicinal trees and shrubs. They cooked the medicine and let the steam overpower her face so she would not be sick anymore.

Okonwo's Kids

Ezinma is Ekwefi's only daughter and Okonkwo is her father. Okonkwo wishes over and over again that she was a boy because he understands him without him telling her. Ezinma does everything Okonkwo tells her. He sees her as the perfect child. But when it comes to Nwoye he thinks differently. He sees Nwoye as womanly. Nwoye became quite inseparable  from him because he seemed to know everything. He could fashion out flutes from bamboo stems and even from the elephant grass.  He also knew the names of all the birds and could set clever traps for the little bush rodents. And he knew which trees made the strongest bows. But Okonkwo thinks he is womanly and must take after his father. But to me Nwoye seems very intelligent and smart I would be happy to claim him as my child if he was. But maybe its different where they are from. And his other "child" Ikemefuna, who Okonkwo took in and even Nwoye's mother treated him as her own. Okonkwo like Ikemefuna better than Nwoye. When Okonkwo went to big village meetings and ancestral feast he allowed Ikemefuna to join him. But I truly think that he shouldn't love one child more than the other. he should love them all equally so they won't feel down about themselves or they won't feel as they aren't trying hard enough.

After Ikemefuna's Death

After Ikemefunas death Okonkwo started to feel sad and stared getting emotions after he killed him. He would think about it everyday and tell himself he need to get Ikemefuna out of his mind because the more he thought about Ikemefuna, the more sad and emotional he got because he knew it wasn't the right thing to do. He was so sad he didn't even taste food for two days and he drunk palm-wine from morning to night. He couldn't even sleep because every time he would go to sleep he would think about him. I think that is what Okonkwo gets because they told him to not kill him to just go and watch but he killed him instead and now he feeling guilty and it is going to be on his conscience for the rest of his life, even if he say he don't think about it, in the back of his mind he will always remember what happened.