In our society, we punish people for the crimes they commit; our forms of punishment might not be on the same level the Igbo tribe's are, but that is because they have different ways to go about it. Based on the Igbo tribes culture they developed punishments and laws for the crimes committed in or outside the tribe. The Igbo tribe has many different crimes all following with different laws, punishments, and different reasons for these punishments; different impacts on laws, law and punishments for killing a clan member, and laws and punishments for domestic violence are the three things this paper will be about.
Laws in the Igbo tribe have many different impacts on them because of two reasons. The two reasons, or impacts, on laws are religious …show more content…
In the book "Things Fall Apart", Okonkwo, the main character, commits the crime of killing another clan member, "It was against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land." (Achebe 124). The quote shows the punishment for the crime of killing a clan member because it shows the two different types of killings, male and female, and it shows what would happen for the way killing in the female form. It's a crime to kill a fellow clansman and whoever did it had to flee from the land. But there were two types of crime, male and female. Okonkwo had committed the female because the killing was unintentional and he could return after seven years. The difference between the two types of crimes, male and female, is that the male type is planned and the female type is not planned, unintentional. Another punishment that is giving to the killer is they have to give offerings and sacrifices to the land, "The community coerces a person convicted of a crime against public morality to expiate his or her evil conduct by offering sacrifices to the land and begging to be forgiven." (Okereafoezeke 27). The people of the community persuaded the killer to make amends for his or her evil behavior by offering sacrifices to the land and begging for forgiveness. The crime of killing a clan member came with two sets of punishments; the first punishment would be to …show more content…
In the book "Things Fall Apart", there is a ceremony, which is like a court, that is going on. The ceremony is about a man, Uzowulu, versus the brother of the wife of Uzowulu, Mgbafo. Uzowulu would constantly beat his wife and Mgbafo, the brother of the wife, "During those years no single day passed in the sky without his beating the women." (Achebe 91); Mgbafo was trying to take his sister back home to safety without giving back the money that Uzowulu gave in the beginning of their marriage. The wife of Uzowulu was constantly being beaten by Uzowulu himself, and this is under the crime category of domestic violence. The crime for domestic violence didn't have consequences or punishments in the book "Things Fall Apart" nor was there much online; this leads me to believe that domestic violence is not a big crime in the Igbo
Laws in the Igbo tribe have many different impacts on them because of two reasons. The two reasons, or impacts, on laws are religious …show more content…
In the book "Things Fall Apart", Okonkwo, the main character, commits the crime of killing another clan member, "It was against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land." (Achebe 124). The quote shows the punishment for the crime of killing a clan member because it shows the two different types of killings, male and female, and it shows what would happen for the way killing in the female form. It's a crime to kill a fellow clansman and whoever did it had to flee from the land. But there were two types of crime, male and female. Okonkwo had committed the female because the killing was unintentional and he could return after seven years. The difference between the two types of crimes, male and female, is that the male type is planned and the female type is not planned, unintentional. Another punishment that is giving to the killer is they have to give offerings and sacrifices to the land, "The community coerces a person convicted of a crime against public morality to expiate his or her evil conduct by offering sacrifices to the land and begging to be forgiven." (Okereafoezeke 27). The people of the community persuaded the killer to make amends for his or her evil behavior by offering sacrifices to the land and begging for forgiveness. The crime of killing a clan member came with two sets of punishments; the first punishment would be to …show more content…
In the book "Things Fall Apart", there is a ceremony, which is like a court, that is going on. The ceremony is about a man, Uzowulu, versus the brother of the wife of Uzowulu, Mgbafo. Uzowulu would constantly beat his wife and Mgbafo, the brother of the wife, "During those years no single day passed in the sky without his beating the women." (Achebe 91); Mgbafo was trying to take his sister back home to safety without giving back the money that Uzowulu gave in the beginning of their marriage. The wife of Uzowulu was constantly being beaten by Uzowulu himself, and this is under the crime category of domestic violence. The crime for domestic violence didn't have consequences or punishments in the book "Things Fall Apart" nor was there much online; this leads me to believe that domestic violence is not a big crime in the Igbo