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 =**Pompeii By: Robert Harris**  =  **Ch1: Conticinium**   In this chapter there are a group of men that are looking for water in the mountains. One named Corax doesn't like the leader Attilus and they get into a couple of arguments. The towns are running out of water because there is a huge drought and the aqueducts are getting low on water. Attilus has a very interesting way of looking for water. He using a block and looks for steam above the ground. When he finds it the men start digging but there was no water. It seems like the town may be in a lot of trouble if they don't find any water.  **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">Ch2: Hora Undecima ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; __styleDocument: [object]; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">At Villa Hortensia, the owner was going to kill a slave for misbehaving. The owner was going to feed him to the eels. All the slave did was he broke dishes. I think this is cruel and unusual punishment and it isn’t necessary for what he did. Back then this wasn’t unusual though. The slave’s mother tried to find someone to help save her son. The only person she found was the owner’s daughter. The two of them went to the Aquarius to see if he could help her son and that is when they found Attilius. Attilius went to help the kid but when he got there it was too late. He did find something when he went there; he found that the water had the smell of sulfur in it. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">Attilius goes back to the aqueducts to investigate the problem with the water and the smell of sulfur. Corax is being his usual self and blaming everything on the new Aquarius, Attilius. Two messengers came to the aqueducts to complain that their towns were all out of water. Attilius was a very smart man and figure when his own town would run out of water. He figure out that he didn’t have very much time so he decided to shut the water off in the reservoir to have it last a little longer. Corax of course thought this was a horrible idea and he decided to go tattle on Attilius to the navy. I think Corax is just mad because he didn’t think of that and he wants to act like a little kid and go tattle. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">The navy and Attilius decided what they are going to do to try and fix the aqueduct. They all are going to take a boat to Pompeii and find the break according to the map that they found. They were to have the break fixed in two days. One problem was that they still didn’t know what caused the break or the smell of sulfur. The men were determined that they would find the answer in Pompeii. Some of the navy were also convinced that Jupiter caused the problem and it had nothing to do with the heat or all the other problems that town was having. Others in the navy believed it was caused by the vibrations that they saw in the wine when they set it on the table. Vibrations make more sense to me rather then a random planet causing problems on earth. Some of the people seem to look at nature for all their and they also looked at nature for the answers to all their problems. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">Attilius couldn’t sleep because the thought of the slave that got killed by the eels was bothering him. I think this shows he is a good person and he truly cares about other people. Attilius then started snooping around to see why the other Aquarius left. He found a goblet with letters on it from a freed slave. Then out of no where he finds the mother of the man that died in the pool of eels. She was badly beaten and barely alive. Attilius helped her in to the building. He was going to try and save her life and he did not want to see another innocent slave die right in front of him. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> The group set out for Pompeii on the Minerva. This is the ship that the navy agreed was the fastest and they agree to let Attilius use it to try and fix the problem with the water. Attilius and Corax were still arguing and making things more difficult for each other and the other people that dared to get involved. I think they need to get over it and stop acting so immature to help and save the water for the rest of the people. Attilius is still learning a lot about the people and the towns as they pass by them. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> The group arrived in Pompeii. Attilius got some of the things he needed. Then they all set off to do their assigned jobs. Attilius met up with the Aquarius of Pompeii and found out that the boy is blind. The boy’s name was Tiro. Attilius doubts the kid’s ability to be the Aquarius but Tiro proved to Attilius that he could do it. Tiro also explains some information about Exominus. I think Exominus left because he was afraid that something bad was going to happen and he didn’t want to fix the problem or to be blamed for it. I think he knew what the trembles meant and they made him scared. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius went Popidius, one of the head people of Pompeii, to get men and supplies. Popidius objected to helping Attilius because he knew Pompeii still had water and that it wasn’t their problem. Popidius believed that it should be Nola’s problem because they were the ones without the water. This was a very selfish thing that he did and it shows his true personality. When another head of Pompeii showed up named Ampliatus, the minds were changed and Attilius got what he needed and a little more. Then Attilius found his friend Corelia was getting married to the rude Popidius. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius got all the supplies he needed from Ampliatus. Ampliatus offered him everything. I think Ampliatus wants something in return because he is being to nice. Ampliatus also told Attilius about his new bath idea. “The best bath outside of Rome” is what Ampliatus called his new idea. Ampliatus seems like a very sneaky man. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]">Attilius is finding more and more about the old Aquarius. He knows he had women and a lot of money. He also knows that he and his money are in hiding. Ampliatus is pushing his friend and soon son in law over the edge along with his own daughter. Everything seems to be going wrong. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]">**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">Ch11: Hora Duodecima ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius is looking for the matrix in the aqueduct. He is trying to follow the map that isn’t to scale but he eventually finds the matrix. One of his workers shuts off the water for 12 hours. I don’t think 12 hours is going to be long enough to fix the problem with the aqueduct. Pliny, the head of the navy, is very sick. He is incredibly overweight and he has a heart condition. Against what other people are telling him, he is still drinking too much wine and not going to the doctors. I think a part of him is right about the doctor. They only try to find things wrong with you and if you already know then what is the point. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius finally found the problem and they tried to start fixing it. Even the biggest and the strongest man left Attilius to do the dangerous work all by himself because everyone else were chickens. Attilius broke up the blockage, in the aqueduct, that was causing the problems with the water. When he broke the last little bit, he got swept away with the sudden burst of water that the blockage was stopping. Brebix was suppose to be holding the rope but Attilius found himself flying down the aqueduct and he realized the Brebix had let go of the rope. Attilius thought this was the end of him. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-spacerun: yes"> <span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius finally got himself out of the aqueduct and he survived no thanks to Brebix. The water started to drain and the area was now more workable. Attilius went right back down in the aqueduct right after he almost drowned to death. He wanted to know what else needed to be fix in the aqueduct and to see if the water had damaged it more. He saw that the massive blast of water actually helped him and cleared out some of the debris. Attilius then sent the slaves to start fixing the aqueduct. Then there was a visitor that came to see Attilius. It was Corelia with six scrolls from her father. The scrolls showed all of her father’s lies to the government. It seems to me that back then all the information that was given to the government was a lie. People hardly ever told the truth and it is still kind of the same today. Everyone tries to trick the government. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"> <span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]">The aqueduct was fixed and it started to work again. Attilius sent Corelia back to her father and to return the scrolls. He didn’t like to do that but he knew that she couldn’t stay with him. Attilius was starting to really like Corelia and he didn’t want her to marry Popidius. There was a mysterious line on the mountain. The slaves all thought it was ice but Attilius believed it was ash. I believe ash would make more sense since it is summer and extremely hot. A lot of weird things are happening to the earth and it is making Attilius worried. Back in Misenum the reservoir was completely drained and there were a lot of objects at the bottom of the reservoir. One particular object was very interesting. It was a bucket of money. The navy believed the bucket belonged to the old Aquarius, Exominus. I also believe it had something to do with him. The man seems to be strange and not very trustworthy. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]">**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">Ch15: Hora Quarta ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]">Ampliatus discovered that the scrolls were gone. Then Corelia finally arrived home and gave them to the magistrates. They read all the information and demanded explanations. Ampliatus changed the story to get his fellow magistrates on his side. They all agreed that Attilius needed to be killed so they could stay in power. Little did they know that, Corax didn’t kill Attilius like he was supposed to. Attilius was riding up the mountain when he found Exominus in a hot pit dead. He then spotted Corax with a knife. Corax ran threw the pit to try to kill Attilius but he got sucked into the pit just like his friend. Corax died in that pit and he didn’t kill Attilius like he was going to. I believe this had to do with Karma. Attilius didn’t deserve to die. At the end of the chapter there was a very loud double boom. I think the town of Pompeii’s problems are just starting. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> The mountain started to explode and it was sending debris everywhere like rocks and ash. People were panicking and taking no prisoners. Attilius is also fleeing until he remembers Corelia and how he sent her home into this disaster. Ampliatus, Corelia’s father, is just going to stay put and try to wait things out so he has locked his family and slaves in their home. This move in my mind is not very intelligent and he is going to kill his whole family. Attilius tried to find help from Pedius Cacus’s wife. She sends him to get a fleet of ships from Pliny to try to save the library and to help the people.<span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-spacerun: yes"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius caught up with Pliny just as he was leaving to go discover what was going on for one of his many books. Pliny agreed to go and get Pedius’s wife and all of the books in her library. Attilius decided to go with him and they set off. They ran into a few problems along the way like a shower of rocks and a lot of lightening. Just as they were getting close to the Villa Calpurnia, the boat was losing complete control. Pliny also had gotten an idea to send all the fleet out to save as many people as he could. This was a nice thing for him to do but I don’t think very many people are going to be left to be saved. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; __styleDocument: [object]"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; __styleDocument: [object]; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> The crew of the Minerva finally made it to shore eight miles past where they were suppose to be. They went to a villa that was a friend of Pliny. The men ate dinner there and tried to go to sleep. Attilius discovered that the rocks were getting heavier and the roofs were not going to be able to withstand the force and the weight. The men then out pillows on their heads and went down to the beach where the crew of the ship made shelters. I think the “storm” is only going to get worse and they are all going to be stuck. Eventually there will be no survivors. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius set off by himself to try to find the city of Pompeii. Pliny tried to make him stay but Attilius had already made up his mind. Attilius followed the big glowing mountain for a guide. It was still raining rocks and he had rocks up to his thighs. Attilius heard a lot of people crying for help but he didn’t stop. Attilius finally laid down and fell asleep. When he woke up in the dawn he saw the city of Pompeii. Attilius is a very brave man for going out on his own when everyone else just stayed back and waited for the end. <span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-spacerun: yes"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; __styleDocument: [object]"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; __styleDocument: [object]; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Attilius made it to Pompeii. He was searching through all the houses to find Corelia. Attilius then found Corelia’s room but she was not in there. He searched the rest of the town and found the bath the Ampliatus was making and it had all the windows lit up with torches. Ampliatus caught Attilius sneaking in. However Attilius still manage to get Corelia away. The two of them hid in the aqueduct to wait out the storm. Attilius believed that this would be the safest place in the whole town. I believe that Attilius was right. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"> <span style="leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> The eruptions ended and only a few people survived. Most people still don’t believe the stories about those who survived. There was also another story that said a man and a woman survived and they came out of the aqueduct. No one even believed that story because thy believed that it was way too far fetched. I believe that that story was completely true and the two people were Attilius and Corelia. <span style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-ALIGN: center; leDocument: [object]">**<span style="leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]">The End **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; leDocument: [object]; styleDocument: [object]">Ch3: Hora Duodecima **
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Okonkwo’s father owed a lot of money to everyone. He never repaid his debts. He planned on paying the biggest ones first when he finally got the money. Okonkwo’s father died before he got any money to pay anyone back. He was a very selfish man. Unlike his father Okonkwo was a well liked man. He beat the unbeaten wrestler. Okonkwo received many awards and was very high in society. **Ch 2** The daughter of Umuofia was killed in the market place. Okonkwo took in the boy that they were going to sacrifice for the murder. The boy was innocent but they needed some one to blame. Okonkwo was a very strict man. He ruled his household and no one could tell him otherwise. His wife and kids were terrified of him so they obeyed his every word. This is not a way to run your household. Your family should not be afraid of you. Okonkwo did not grow up like most kids did. He had to work very hard for everything he got. Okonkwo’s father was no help to Okonkwo because his father did not have anything. Most kids inherited their father’s barn when their father died but Okonkwo’s father did not have a barn to inherit. Okonkwo never gave up even when nothing went right. He was a strong man and he was awarded for his efforts. Okonkwo beat one of his wives during the “Week of Peace”. He got badly punished for his wrong doing. I don’t think there should be just one week of peace; people should always try to be peaceful. Ikemefuna, the boy that is going to sacrificed, is fitting in very well with his new family. The whole family started the yam planting. Ikemefuna seems like a good person and he should not be sacrificed for a murder he did not commit. The feast of the New Yam began. This is a feast that celebrates the new harvest. It is like the New Year to them. This big celebration includes wrestling, family and very large feasts. Okonkwo is a very violent man. He again beat his wife and put a gun to her head. Okonkwo did not kill her but he threatened to. Okonkwo went to the wrestling match, the big showcase of the New Yam celebrations. He took his whole family to see the event. They all had a good time. Men of all ages competed in the wrestling but the big showcase were the older men. The final match was won by Okafa unlike last year when it was a tie. The people decided to kill Ikemefuna. They took him away from his hime and his new family. Ikemefuna considered Okonkwo his father because hi didn’t really like his real father. Okonkwo became quite fond of him as well. They did everything together. I don’t think Ikemefuna deserved to be killed. They waited three years to decide to kill him. They should have just left him alone. Ikemefuna was a hard worker. Okonkwo was not the same after he witnessed Ikemefuna being killed. The locusts came and made everyone have a good meal but this still did not make things better. Okonkwo was still trying to over the death of Ikemefuna. He decided to go to his friend Obierika’s house. Obierika’s son was getting married and they needed to figure out the bride price. The price was decided at 20 bags of cowries. I think that it is horrible that a girl has to be paid for to marry a man. <span style="leDocument: [object]"><span style="leDocument: [object]"> <span style="styleDocument: [object]; mso-tab-count: 1"> Okonkwo second wife’s daughter, Enzima, had a fever. This wife has had many children before Enzima but none of them have ever survived. The wife was very worried about her only child as any mother would be in her condition. Okonkwo cooked some leaves and makes Enzima sit in the steam. In the end Enzima finally fell asleep.
 * Things Fall Apart **
 * By: Chinua Achebe **
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There was a big dispute about a man’s in laws taking away his wife and children because the man beat them. The clan had a meeting that was like a hearing to decide what would happen to the man and his wife. It was interesting how they handled things. The leaders dressed up as spirits and listen to both sides. Then they decided as a group that the man had to give his in laws wine and he could beg for his wife back. Enzinma and her mother were telling stories to each other in the night, when Chielo, the priestess, came and demanded Enzinma. This was very weird. Chielo was processed. She took Enzinma to the cave Agbala. Enzinma’s mother followed her all the way their even though she was told not to. Ekwefi, Enzinma’s mother, is a very good mother. At the end of the chapter Okonkwo met up with Ekwefi at the cave and they talked about how they met. Enzinma finally got home and she was harmed. The whole family prepared to go to the wedding. All the wives had to go and prepare food for all the guests but Okonkwo stayed behind to go to sleep. The wedding received fifty pot of palm wine and they were satisfied with that. However they decided that they would not be satisfied with anything fewer than thirty pots. These were very greedy men. The wedding went well. Everyone danced and drank all night just like an American wedding these days. **Ch 13** Ezeudu died. He was a wonderful warrior. Ezeudu had received three out of four titles and he was one of the oldest men in his neighborhood. His funeral was a big occasion. During his funeral guns were fired to celebrate his life. One gun shot that was fired by Okonkwo misfired and hit Ezeudu’s son. The son died. Okonkwo was forced to leave the village for seven years because the murder was inadvertent. This was very harsh for an accident. Okonkwo went to his motherland and tried to start a new life. He tried to farming yams again but nothing made him happy. Okonkwo was always in despair. Okonkwo’s brother gave him a ling speech about why he should not despair. Being exiled for seven years was not as bad as being exiled for life. Okonkwo needed to be strong for his wives and children as said by his brother and I agree. One of Okonkwo’s old friends came to visit him. This friend told Okonkwo that the village of Abame had been completely wiped out by the people with white skin. They shot everyone in the marketplace on the biggest market day. First the whites came singly in the weeks before and the Abame just killed them but then the whites got back by killing all of the Abame people. The missionaries came to all the villages to try and make all the people believe in one god. Some of the people went with the new people while others were completely against the new idea. Okonkwo was against this new idea. Okonkwo’s son went with the new idea and tried to keep it from his father. When his father found out, he disowned his son. I think this is a bad reason to disown your son. Okonkwo is still very upset by the new missionaries. The missionaries asked for a place to put up their convert and a church. The clan gave them a part of the Evil Forest because they assumed they would all die. The missionaries lived and were still converting people to believe in their one god. That is still kind of how religion runs in the US. Everyone is trying to convert people to their own religion. The new missionaries were destroying all the statues and monuments that resembled gods of the clan. They even went as low as to kill the sacred python. This was going too far. The church was gaining more and more people. Finally the clan tried to outlaw the new missionaries because they couldn’t take things any more. The new churches were invading too much. Okonkwo’s exile was almost done. He paid his friend to build him two huts back home. Okonkwo had to wait until the dry season before he can go home. Excitement and anxiety was setting in while he was waiting for the dry season. There was a very large feast held by Okonkwo to thank his motherland clan for letting him stay for seven years. I believe Okonkwo deserves to get to go back to his home. Okonkwo finally got to go back to his original home. The one he was gone from for seven years. HE now had five sons and didn’t consider the son that went with the missionaries his son anymore. Two of Okonkwo’s daughters were also marrying age but they were told to wait until they went back home to find a man. A lot of things were different when Okonkwo came back from exile. He had also lost all of is positions in the clan. His goal was to get everything back and to improve on everything. I think it is good that he has goals but I don’t know if he can accomplish all of them. The two leaders of the religion talked to each other about their own religion and why they felt theirs was the right one. They didn’t come to an agreement but they kind of agreed to disagree. The missionaries were still trying to get people to change. They had schools where they were teaching everyone to read and write. The missionaries also said that in the next couple of years the people that would be running their clan would be the people that knew how to read and write. Okonkwo got an unexpected visit from the missionaries. They told him tat his son went to college to be a teacher for them. Okonkwo wanted nothing to do with them and threatened them. Okonkwo should be happy for his son. Things in the villages are getting out of control. One person went as far as unmasking a leader of the clan. This was a law that was never broken before. This action was punishable by death and that was exactly what the clan decided to do. They also wanted to burn down the church because this man was a follower of Christianity. First they burned down the man’s home and then they went to the church. At the church they found the leader of the missionaries and told him to leave and he wouldn’t so they burned down the church anyways. Things are getting way too out of control. People need to mind their own ways and stop trying to change people. Things are the same today and you would think people would learn but they don’t. The missionaries are becoming cruel. They arrested the six leaders of the village including Okonkwo. They kept them locked up and didn’t give them food or drink. The captives had to agree to surrender and pay a fine of 200 bags of cowries, none of the wanted to surrender so they just sat there. The court then took things into their own hands and went to the people and demanded 250 bags of cowries for the leaders to be released and not hanged the next day. The people all panicked. This is was a very cruel idea for the missionaries. They are invaded some one else’s home and then taking everything away from them. The six leaders were finally released. They were all very upset and didn’t want to speak to anyone. The men just went home. Okonkwo was badly whipped on his back when he finally came home. There was a big meeting for everyone in the nine villages. This meeting was about how they were going to handle the intruders. The missionaries should up at the meeting and Okonkwo cut one of the men’s head off. The other men ran away in fear that they would also be killed. The people of the nine villages were very surprised. That action should Okonkwo great disgust with then new people in his village but he took things too far again. The missionaries came looking for Okonkwo. When they got to his home all they found was a group of people and they demanded to know where Okonkwo was, so the group of people led them behind his house and into the bushes. Back behind all the bushes they found Okonkwo hanging from a tree dead. The group told the missionaries that they should get him down because the clansmen couldn’t do it because Okonkwo had become evil when he killed himself. The new missionaries invaded the nine villages and went as far as to force someone to kill themselves. It was a sad story but I would it happens a lot. **__ The End __**
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