"The only course open to Okonkwo was to flee from the clan. It was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land. The crime was of two kinds, male and female. Okonkwo had committed the female, because it had been inadvertent. He could return to the clan after seven years" (Achebe 124).
Part 1- According to the text, what effect did imperialism have on people who lived through it?
Okonkwo is punished when his gun accidentally goes off and kills Ezeudu’s sixteen year old son. He must atone by taking his family into exile for seven years because killing a clansman is a crime against the earth goddess. Okonkwo gathers his valuable belongings and take his family to his mother’s village. After his exile, men burn Okonkwo’s buildings and kill his animals to cleanse the village of his sin. It is questionable that if imperialism took place, this sort of punishment would of had a different outcome and discipline.
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