Okonkwo's Exile In Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo is the main character of “Things Fall Apart” and in his lifetime he tries to avoid doing everything like his father, who was a poor man with no title to his name. Through his hard work Okonkwo gained three wives and a large compound where they all live peacefully; this peace was interrupted when an accidental murder took place and Okonkwo had to adopt a boy named Ikemefuna that he later had to kill three years later. During a funeral, Okonkwo accidentally kills a young lad and his sentence was to be exiled to his homeland for seven years. During this time, Okonkwo finds that settlers have come onto the land and have converted the Igbo to Christianity. After his seven year break, Okonkwo goes back home to find his son a Christian (he

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