Chapter 21

The missionaries are really helping the people, but there are still some that do not want anything to do with the missionaries. These white men have built a school and a hospital. Both would be very helpful to an African village. I think the missionaries use these kinds of things to gain the native people's trust. I found it shocking that Nwoye is already going to school to be a teacher. I would have thought the basic education would have taken longer than it did. I don't know, maybe their education system is different. Okonkwo still stands strong on his opinion that the white men should be forced to leave the African land. You can tell this when Mr. Brown comes to update Okonkwo on Nwoye's education. I think that Okonkwo has basically disowned his son. The positive is that his daughters are drawing a lot of suitors. I feel bad that his return to the village did not cause as much of an interest. He had his heart set on returning to the village he left, but it has changed it ways drastically. I think that Okonkwo might be considering suicide again. I think he is starting to become overwhelmed with all the changes in the community.