When Nwoye hears that his friend is leaving, he bursts into tears and is beaten by his father. Later, Okonkwo tells Ikemefuna that he is going home to Mbaino, but the boy does not believe him. He tells Okonkwo to take no part in the killing since the boy calls him 'father.' He tells Okonkwo that the Oracle has decreed that Ikemefuna must be killed as part of the retribution for the woman killed three years before in Mbaino. Everyone sets out to catch them for roasting, drying, and eating.Īs Okonkwo, Nwoye, and Ikemefuna are happily eating the rare food, Ogbuefi Ezeudu, the oldest man of the village, calls on Okonkwo to speak to him privately. The villagers are joyful because they recognize the coming of the locusts, a great delicacy in Umuofia. One day while Okonkwo and his sons are working on the walls of the compound, a great black cloud descends upon the town. Okonkwo is inwardly pleased as Nwoye grows more tough and manly, and he credits the change to Ikemefuna's good influence. Nwoye still enjoys his mother's folk tales and legends, but he tries to impress Okonkwo by acting masculine by pretending to dislike the women's stories and by grumbling about women. In the evenings, they sit with Okonkwo in his hut and listen to his manly stories of violence and bloodshed. James Smith: missionary who contrasts with Mr.Nwoye and Ikemefuna spend all their time together like brothers.

Brown: missionary to Umuofia and Mbanta patient, kind, respectful, open-minded person who builds a school and hospital in Umofia and encourages literacy so the people keep up with the rest of the world represents colonization

Unoka: Okonkwo's father, whom Okonkwo strives to be the opposite of lazy and enjoys music and conversation gentle, cowardly, and unambitious does not have the respect of the townsfolk.

Ezinma: daughter of Okonkwo bold her father's favorite the only surviving child of Ekwefi.

Nwoye: son of Okonkwo who becomes a Christian a sensitive boy.

Ikemefuna: clever, resourceful boy ward of Okonkwo given to avoid war killed by him so Okonkwo does not appear weak.Okonkwo: protagonist whose fatal flaw is his inability to adapt to change and his reverence for needing to appear tough and 'manly'.

Things fall apart the novel