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= **Chapters 12 - 14** =


 * Text to Text Connection**

In chapter 13, when Okonkwo had inadvertently killed Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son**,** he was exiled from his village for seven years and set off to his "motherland" village Mbanta. This reminded me of another book I have read called //The Outsiders//, because in this other story a young boy oofr sixteen called Johnny killed a sixteen year-old boy and was so frightened that he and his friend Ponyboy, who was at the scene, ran away. They ran away to an old church for long time and even changed the way they look to disguise themselves to keep them from getting arrested. Although in //Things Fall Apart// Okonkwo had to leave for seven years, Johnny and Ponyboy only left for a few months and then came back to their town they grew up in. Also in //Things Fall Apart// Okonkwo was not afraid of killing that boy, Johnny was terrified and jumpy whenever he even saw or heard the sound of a police car. Johnny stayed confined, for the most part, in the church while his friend Ponyboy was the one who mainly went to town to get food or get information on the latest news of the outside world.


 * Predictions**

As the story progresses I predict that Okonkwo and his family will return sooner than seven years, but when they return their village will have changed greatly that it is unrecognizable. Also, when they do return, Okonkwo and his family will have to rebuild their home since it has been burned down by a group of men, including Obierika, who set off to merely carry the Earth Goddess's message. From the point where they finally finish rebuilding to the end of the story, there will be more ceremonies of marriage, festivals, or funerals but this time revolving around Okonkwo's family.


 * Question**

Why had Okonkwo killed that young boy? Hadn't he killed enough men already as it is? His gun didn't "just" explode on "accident", there must be something about it that made the gun fire.