Things Fall Apart: Chapter 17

The missionaries are working harder and harder to gain the faith of those in the village. They are given a plot of land to build a church... in the Evil Forest. The villagers are absolutely amazed when nothing bad happens to the Christians. Again and again, they try and come up with excuses for the good luck the missionaries are having. However, again and again the excuses fail. With all their good fortune, the Christian missionaries are able to convert more and more villagers to Christianity. Okonkwo faces Nwoye when he returns to the compound, and chokes him by the neck. It seems that once again his heart has hardened, and with this I predict there will be more trouble for him. Anyways, Okonkwo's uncle stops him, and Nwoye leaves. This is very easy to understand. I know when I fight with my parents sometimes all I want to be is someplace far away. Every child feels this at some time or another. Okonkwo can't believe that he has raised a son to be like Nwoye. Everything he didn't want him to be, he is...