Part 1:Chapter 12-13

Part 1: Chapter 12-13

            Chapter 12: Obierika was celebrating his daughter's uri. It was the day on which her suitor would bring palm-wine not only to her parents and immediate relatives but to the wide and extensive group of kinsman called Umunna. Obierika's compound was as busy as an anthill. All this anthill activity was going smoothly when a sudden interruption came. There was a cry on the distance.

            Chapter 13: The cannon had sound the alarm in the middle of the night. This had represent that someone had died. It was someone from Okonkwo's village. It was Ezeudu who had died. As guns fired the last salute and cannon rent the sky. All of a sudden there was a cry of agony and shouts of horror. It was Ezeudu son that Okonkwo had killed. His gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy's heart. Okonkwo was now force to flee from the clan. It was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land.