Chapter 7

I cannot believe they killed Ikemefuna! That is terrible and not right. He was a poor innocent boy that did not do anything wrong accept adapt to what life threw at him. It made it even worse that Okonkwo finished him off. The boy thought he was his father and really admired him. It crushed me to know Okonkwo is that much of a horrible person. What honestly gave him the nerve to give him that last blow, now the boy’s last image will be of the person he looked up to these last 3 years kill him. I cannot stand Okonkwo he is a terrifying person. Then Okonkwo’s son Nwoye really loved Ikemefuna they were brothers. I cannot image how devastated he must have been. I wonder if he knows his own father killed his role model? Why did the tribe kill him; he was not doing any harm to them at all. Just because some spirit told them too that is a pretty pathetic excuse if you ask me. Okonkwo should really regret what he did. Before this tragedy even happen it talked about how the locust were coming this year. I remember one year when they came here at least I think they were locust. They were really ugly and kind of creepy looking. Well when they came to Umuofia they ate them! That is really disgusting. They dried them out and then ate them for like a treat, which is sickening. It is so much different than our society. They were delighted to see the locust come. I personally could not wait till they were gone; they were so big, nasty, and loud with their wings rubbing together. As the chapters go on I am beginning to see a lot of their customs and things, which is very interesting compared to ours.