Chapters 18-25 Things Fall Apart

An osu- a person dedicated to a god, a thing that set apart—a taboo forever. He and his children could not be married.

The outcasts helped to grow the number of Christians in Umuofia. They became strong proponents of the faith.

He held a great feast.

The clan couldn't kill converts because they still belonged to the clan. They would have to flee from the clan.

The church came. The white men had brought a government and built a court. The new prison was full of men who had broken the white men's laws.

Enoch publicly unmasked an egwugwu, thus killing an ancestral spirit. The rest of the masked egwugwu destroyed Enoch's compound and the church.

Rev. Brown is respectful to the tribe's values and has a policy of compromise and understanding between his congregation and the clan. He even becomes friends with prominent clansmen and builds a school and a hospital in Umuofia. Rev. Smith is uncompromising and strict. He demands that his converts reject all of their clan beliefs and shows no respect for the native customs or culture

The six men are handcuffed and taken to the guardroom. They aren't released until they pay a fine of 200 bags of cowries. The guards shaved the men's heads, starved them, didn't let them drink water or use the bathroom until they agreed to pay the fine.

The court messengers take money dishonestly by deciding to collect 250 bags of cowries, so they could keep 50 bags for themselves.

Okonkwo decapitates one of them.

He hangs himself.

Okierika says that the Commissioner has driven Okonkwo to kill himself.