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After the burning of the church, the commissioner was furious. He wanted revenge on the clansmen, but he wanted to do it in a smart way. He was convincing and condescending, trying to discuss the church burning "as friends". On page 193 the term "sweet tongue" is used. It means that he was using “sweet” words, convincing words to create a positive reaction, to convince the people to do what he wants. Soon, the ambush is in action and soldiers arrive, taking them all to jail. When the clansmen were imprisoned they were treated in a terrible manner, being whipped and ridiculed, almost like animals. The prisioners were released by a bail of two hundred cowries that the tribe had to pay to release the councilmembers, which they eventually do.
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After the burning of the church, the commissioner was furious. He wanted revenge on the clansmen, but he wanted to do it in a smart way. He was convincing and condescending, trying to discuss the church burning "as friends". On page 193 the term "sweet tongue" is used. It means that he was using “sweet” words, convincing words to create a positive reaction, to convince the people to do what he wants. Soon, the ambush is in action and soldiers arrive, taking them all to jail. When the clansmen were imprisoned they were treated in a terrible manner, being whipped and ridiculed, almost like animals. The prisioners were released by a bail of two hundred cowries that the tribe had to pay to release the councilmembers, which they eventually do.
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Okonkwo is looking for war, anxious for it to happen, and goes to the tribe reunion in full war garments, meant to inspire the rest of the tribe to take military action. When the reunion begins, Okonkwo tries to convince the people to attack, to do something about the white man. When two messengers arrive, Okonkwo kills one, and understanding that his clan, now weak in his eyes, shall not go to war, he left.
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The District COmissioner looks for Okonkwo at his compund, but Obierika tells him that he is not home. He angers tha comissioner, but then asks for help if he wanted to take him to him. Okonkwo ended up performing the worst sin: killing himself. The Comissioner asks why they cannot do it themselves, and they explain that his body is evil now and that only strangers may touch it. They are not allowed to bury it, but strangers can. Obierika blames him for Okonkwo's suicide, and so the Comissioner decides to order his messengers to to the work. The commissioner’s attitude at the end of the novel (and basically all of it) is very cruel, shallow and pompous. He is writing a book called "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger", in which he believes that Okonkwo´s death would make an interesting paragraph or two in it. He is completely inaccurate about his perception of Africa, he is racist, and makes me want to vomit.
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The District COmissioner looks for Okonkwo at his compund, but Obierika tells him that he is not home. He angers tha comissioner, but then asks for help if he wanted to take him to him. Okonkwo ended up performing the worst sin: killing himself. The Comissioner asks why they cannot do it themselves, and they explain that his body is evil now and that only strangers may touch it. They are not allowed to bury it, but strangers can. Obierika blames him for Okonkwo's suicide, and so the Comissioner decides to order his messengers to to the work. The commissioner’s attitude at the end of the novel (and basically all of it) is very cruel, shallow and pompous. He is writing a book called "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger", in which he believes that Okonkwo´s death would make an interesting paragraph or two in it. He is completely inaccurate about his perception of Africa, he is racist, and makes me want to vomit.
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