Chapter 18

It seems that the new church is gaining momentum against Umuofia even though it is only gathering the outcasts and those without any social status. It has many members now but the church is almost split because of the outcasts joining up in the church but the head missionary calms everyone down and things proceed like normal. One of the Christians says that he has killed the sacred python. Okonkwo is enraged by this and pleads with the elders to go in and kill them all, but the elders decide to ostracize them instead. Once again Okonkwo thinks the tribe is wimpy. That seems to be his excuse for everything. Everytime something doesn't go his way it seems to be wimpy or womanly. Sometimes I think he needs to man up and look at himself and change his ways because the way he acts is no good for anyone and especially for himself. Then all of a sudden the guy who said he killed the python dies and the Christians lose all of their momentum because Umuofia is once again faithful in their gods after this death. To me it just seems like a coincidence but I still think that it is going to be a long struggle between the Christians and the tribe. It might possibly end in violence. Who knows?