Summary part II Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo moved to his mother's land because he was exiled from Umuofia for seven years. He is going to participate in Uchendu's son wedding and he feels sure about being in the ceremony .He starts helping Uchendu with the farm to plant some seeds but Uchendu does not feel that Okonkwo was working like he used to before. One day Uchendu reunites all the family to talk, he starts saying Okonkwo that when a man stays on it's fatherland is because life has been good, but he says that otherwise, in motherland, life is tougher. After the long talk Uchendo says to him that he also had a difficult life but that he is still living though.

During the second year of Okonkwo's exile, Obierika went there and he brought cowries from the sell of Okonkwo's yams; he also promised him that he would be bringing money every year. He told the men about the arrival of the white men to Abame. After that Uchendo goes with Mother Kite and he tells her a story that it's metaphore is that it is wrong to kill a man that doesn't say anything.

Then again, Obierika visits him but now it is on the third year of his exile; he goes there and tells Okonkwo about Nwoye being with some white men, but Okonkwo doesn't want to talk about that because maybe he feels ashamed about it. After this, some missionaries arrive in Mbanta and all they want is a piece of land. As requested, the villagers give them the Evil Forest but they were hoping that they would die in less than 28 days but that never occurs. Okonkwo killed Nwoye when he got home, he killed his son because he felt that Nwoye was like his father, he didn't want that so he took his life.

The outcast members of the clan are converts and the efulefu refuse them so Mr. Kiaga went to talk with the other converts; he finally convinced them about staying with the church. After that, a convert killed the sacred royal python and that is a huge crime in Igbo culture. Okonkwo does not agree with the decision the man took about ostracizing them, he feels that Mbanta is a really weak clan. The problem solved when the one who killed the sacred royal python is dead.

Okonkwo wants to make a feast before he returns to Umofia for Mbanta people because he says that they were nice and kind people for receiving him so good. After that the elders gave a speech about Okonkwo's attitude and finally they thanked him; also they mentioned their being worried about young generations just because young generations don't act as one anymore.


Achebe, C. (1994) Things Fall Apart . New York: Anchor Books