Part two of the novel is basically about why Okonkwo gets expelled from Umuofia and sent to Mbaino and what happens in the tribes and what happens to the people during that eight year period until he returns. Chapter 14 tells about how well he is recieved in Mbaino and how well his relatives recieve him, celebrating and helping him estiblish himself in this new life. He is thankful, but resents it because he feels weak and like a woman.
In chapter 15 the whole event at Abame occurs, where the white man arrives and is killed. When other white men arrive, they massacre the whole villiage because they killed the man on the bike. Obierika takes care of Okonkwo's farm in Umuofia and sells what he must, bringing Okonkwo the money. In chapter 16 the missionaries have arrived at Umuofia, and now have arrived at Mbanta. Okonkwo no longer recognizes Nwoye as his son because he joined the missionaries. Everyone in the villiage is curious about the white man and the missionaries that bring the new religion, everyone is interested and listening. Okonkwo and others are confused and think that these men are mad because they cannot believe that God has a son called Jesus Kristi without having a wife, but Nwoye is still interested. Nwoye joins the religion because he likes the idea of men uniting in darkness and seeking the light, he likes the concept of a friendly loving and caring God, a way that his father never was. He remembers the twins and Ikemefuna, and is more convinced.
In chapter 17 the clan decides to give part of the Evil Forest to the missionaries so they can build their church. They want the white men to leave or die. Days and then weeks pass and nothing happens to them. They gain converts because of this. Mr. Kiaga is the leader, and he accepts people that are rejected that go and join the faith, for they are victims of the pagan religions beliefs. Okonkwo is vicious and brutal, and he treats Nwoye terribly. The first Sunday that the church was open for prayer, Nwoye walked around and around inside it, never gaining the courage to go in and participate, scared of his father. Somebody saw him, and Okonkwo was told. Once Nwoye arrived home, Okonwko grabbed him by the neck and beat him with a stick, asking him where he had been. He lets him go because of Uchendu, and Nwoye leaves, never to return. He goes to Mr. Kiaga so he takes him to the school in Umuofia to study and learn the ways of God. Okonkwo gets depressed, asking himself how he had got such a child for a son. He relates the fact that flame begets weak ashes, and relates it to his son.
Lots of interesting things happen in chapter 18. The missionaries stop respecting the views of the clan and openly tell them that their gods are dead and harmless. An osu called Okoli, a religious man with long dirty hair that was an outcast from the clan and serves a special purpose as a totem, was also said to have killed the sacred python that roamed the villiage. Lots of osu's joined the missionaries and shaved their long hair. Since then, the missionaries were beaten and whipped. The council came together to decide what was to be done, and they decide to ostracize them, ignore their preaches and ban them from the lands. When they tried to get water, red dirt, and chalk for Easter during Holy Week, they got whipped away. The osu that had supposedly killed the python died of illness, and so the conflicts were eased, for the clan believed the gods had had their revenge.
In chapter 19 Okonkwo sends his friend Obierika money to start building a compound for him in Umuofia, but he cannot arrive there until the rain season is over. He feels that all the years in Mbanto were wasted and that if he would have been in Umuofia he would have thrived. He regrets every day. He decides to make a huge feast for his kinsmen, celebrating the fact that kinsmen should unite often and thanking them for the hospitality. An old member of the clan talks about how young people can do so much more today, and that includes desecrating their fathers and abandoning traditios, something that they consider not to be good. He criticizes them for doing so and tells them to be more united in the traditions and as kinsmen.
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