The person who was shot is an example of a fellow creature who is suffering, as described by Mazzini. Even though it was an accident Okonkwo still had to pay the consequences because killing a clansman is a crime against the earth goddess. The way he was punished is he had to take his family into exile for seven years. The way the Umuofia handled this situation cause the belief that they would agree with what Mazzini sees as moral improvement of humanity.
In Mazzini’s writing duties of a man it was clear that social and community is a big part of what makes a successful nation and without it there would just be greed and tyranny. The other big piece that affects a nation is making sure everyone takes care of the well-being of the community and punishing those who harm the nation. After reading Things fall apart it became clear that the tribe/community in which the book was about would agree Mazzini’s idea because they demonstrated that they help each other for the well-being of the community as well as hold people accountable for disrupting the