Outside Reading, Week 2, Post B

Okonkwo-

What's going on, man? Seriously, it seems like you need some help. You act like you are some sort of "man's man" and an honorable warrior, but then you allow Ikemefuna to be killed? He was like a son to you! You raised him like your own since he was only a child and then you just allow him to be taken away from you and slaughtered simply because a group of senile old men think that it is best for the tribe? What happened to making a name for yourself? What happened to standing up for what you believe is right? Is that not what makes a man noble? You seemed like a pretty cool guy up until this point: you utilized all the honorable traits in a man (determination, strength, passion) to rise up from poverty and create your own estate. Why suddenly stop standing up for these ideals? What is the point of having all of these material things if you always have to be subservient to the tribal elders? What's to stop them from going after you or your things next?

Overall, I'm very disappointed and I don't know if there's anything you can do to make it right again. After commiting an atrocity such as this, I'm not sure if there's anything you can do to make yourself right again in my eyes. Betraying your son like that is so hypocritical and so disgusting, it make me wonder what else you might have to done to control so much land.