Date: 11 August 2008

Entry:#22

Reflection:

Umuofia has grown fame for being made up of fierce and great warriors. Ezeudu was known for being one of those warriors as a young man and so for his funereal the villagers honored him in the way he disserved. Men and children roamed about savagely. They destroyed anything that would come to their path. The egwugwu came out and roamed about violently. Later though, the most disturbing and spirit of bad odor praised Ezeudu by telling him what a great man he was and that because he was so great, on his return he should come back the same way as he was before. Once this was all done and the chaos continued a horrible incident occurred. Okonkwo accidentally shot Ezeudu’s son and because of this Okonkwo had to seek his motherland instantly for refuge of seven years. Also, the farm that Okonkwo had worked in so hard was to be destroyed. In our culture we would accept it as an accident and the person of the crime would be seen as a victim. I like the fact that they don’t take the death of a young boy for granted.