Ch. 19-22 Downfall

It was time for Okonkwo to return to his village. Seven years had gone by already, but he was sad because he knew that " he had lost his chance to lead his warlike clan" (171). He was afraid of what he might find in his village, but he was confident in his daughters' beauty. If he wasn't going to be a rule, at least his daughters could marry one of them. Ezinma had grown to be a beautiful woman, and the called her "Crystal of Beauty." He always regretted that she was a female because he would of much rather her being a man because she understood everything. When he finally got to Umuofia, it was a new village, he coulg barely recognize it. Mr. Brown had built stores, selling palm-oil and kernel, and he also had a school. He encouraged the villagers to bring their children to his school so that the future leaders could have an education. He also build new churches and more schools; however, he had to leave the village because his health was weak. This meant that a new leader would come. Mr. Smith was his successor, but he was no Mr. Brown. He was more serious and mean. He didn't respect their customs, which bothered me a lot. He was the kind of men who thought of himself as The most powerful man. Everyone had to abide by his rule or he would simply get rid of them. A villager named Enoch decided to unmasked the spirits on the annual day of worship. Enoch had converted in to Christianity, and this infuriated the spirits even more. Now they wanted Mr. Smith, and all of his men, out of their land. The spirits started making dreadful sounds. "It seemed as if the very soul of the tribe wept for a great evil that was coming--its own death. This sentence says it all. Everything that the missionaries were doing were affecting the tribe greatly and, like the title of the book, things were going to fall apart.