Chapter+12-14+EuniceC

In the story, Okonkwo commits a crime that was not intended and gets abolished from his own clan. From that point, his passion and everything he has ever lived for is gone and his status falls to an exile in a faraway motherland. Despite his manliness and braveness, Okonkwo falls into despair and sorrow. Although up to this point I had personally disliked him, I had pity on him and maybe even a bit of affection for this man in today's reading. I could feel his life falling into pieces and his pride shatter away. Although my experience was much less extreme than his, I had a point in my life that sucked out every passion and confidence in me. I've gone through it, and still going through it, and I am very young. And I know how that event has impacted me. Although Okonkwo is much older and experienced, his life was full of anxiety and frustration that I did not have and the impact it is going to have throughout his life later on in this story very much saddened me.

Although Okonkwo pretends to be very brave and strong, his life is full of anxiety and frustration. And this exile has broken his pride into pieces. Now from here, I can predict that his life is going to be shattered completely and he is going to face depression more than ever. Furthermore, Uchendu stresses the importance of women at the end of the chapter, so as a man who regards women low, I could foresee that he will learn more about them in a different perspective.

Should a man be punished as severely as presented in the book for a crime that wasn't intentional?