Things Fall Apart Part III

When Okonkwo returns to Umuofia a lot of things happen to him. He had lost his titles and recognition in the clan because of his exile, but he still had authority and friends, so he convinces Ezinma to not get married yet so he could have a rich son in law. 
He realizes that the tribe has changed a lot, and so have the people. The white men have done a lot of damage and they have established more of a government instead of just the church, a government that wanted to change the people so they attacked their traditions and culture to convert them.

One day Akumma is talking to Mr. Brown explaining him their beliefs, and even though they had some things in common, Mr. Brown was strict and denied their gods entirely, calling them fake. Mr. Brown also spends time with Nwoye, who changes his name to Isaac and is studying to be a teacher. Okonkwo doesn’t approve of this, even though he isn’t his father anymore, so he threatens to kill Mr. Brown if he ever came near again. He can see how weak the people of Umuofia are, since they were all under government from the Commissioner, who had everything his way. One of the religious fanatics called Enoch commits one of the biggest crimes in Umuofia, he unmasks one of the egwuwu’s to prove that they aren’t special nor magical, and just dressed up humans acting like spirits. Later, they burned down his house.

Ajofia convinces the clan to clean the tribe from Enoch's sins by burning down the church. Mr. Smith tries to stop them, but he also dies. This made the commissioner angry and vengeful, so he made a plan and convinced the tribe to reunite with him like friends. When the time comes, soldiers take them all to prison to be treated cruelly. They got out because the clan paid 200 cowries to release them. Now Okonkwo is angry and goes to convince the clan in the meeting to attack the white men. When he notices that the tribe doesn’t want to go to war, and two white messengers arrive, he kills one and leaves. 

The Commissioner goes to Okonkwo’s house to look for him, but instead he finds Obierika, who tells him that Okonkwo isn’t home, and then asks him for help. Okonkwo hanged himself, but the tribesmen cannot take him down, and they explain that his body is evil now and that only strangers can touch it. Obierika is angry at him for Okonkwo's suicide, and tells the Commissioner to bury Okonkwo. The commissioner tells his servants to do it, and leaves. He has a very mean and cruel attitude; he thinks he understands the tribe. He is writing a book called "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger” and he thinks that Okonkwo´s death would make an interesting paragraph or two in it.