Okonkwo’s ExileOkonkwo’s ExileFrom a purely hypothetical standpoint, the benefit of Okonkwos exile is questionable. If Okonkwo were to of not been exiled, I believe the only result would have been one involving more violence, with the same ultimate outcome. Okonkwos death and the submission of the Igbo tribes. The reason behind this is my faith in Okonkwos personality and choice making abilities. Regardless of being exiled or not, he would be at the forefront advocating an aggressive response to the encroaching white colonizers and missionaries. His killing of the white messenger exemplified this facet of his personality. He is rash and forceful with his beliefs and ideas. He is not afraid to back up what he says, and he is more than willing to stand up for what he believes in. His exile left the village vulnerable to more aggressive outsid einfluences. Upon his return he is disappointed with the lack of resistance to the white men. If Okonkwo had remained, he would of organized
Sylvan: The Exileokwo was never an end to the white race.
Sylvan: I think he will regret it. I think he’ll have regrets.
Sylvan: Maybe with a bit of time on our side.
Sylvan: Not to mention the fact that his time should be extended by the White people.
Sylvan: Not to mention the fact they have gone too far, but he’ll never be free to return.
Sylvan: Now is, I wish this was possible, but in my heart I still believe it was.
Sylvan: In my head I still see what I can do, and what I can’t.
Sylvan: At the end of the day I think that what he did as a punishment for the violence is a form of mercy. I mean, if you don’t see it as a way to punish the White people then I think it’s a way to create a better world, and maybe some people will not accept that.
Sylvan: I still feel the mercy but, at the same time, I’m concerned about what he’s doing.
Sylvan: I have to question that he wasn’t a force to be reckoned out, and of course all those actions he’d taken were no better than what he should have done. So I just hope that others can recognize the reality and recognize the power he wielded. He probably won’t want to be blamed in this context, but at the same time maybe he’ll just feel better about what he did and forgive himself. It doesn’t just cause him to regret what he did, it also doesn’t help him to feel more safe. By that I mean if he truly was good, he would just go ahead and return a few days later as a reward, or even a reward just for having a good time. Maybe he wanted the White people to think that he was a bad guy, when in fact he was not (and I’m not blaming his behavior here of course). The fact that he was able to return was also a reflection of his own true strength and the power he wielded to do so, and the fact his actions were also reflective of the other people in his group’s sense of empathy. But honestly I think that it’s more important that others accept and feel that he actually helped them and his actions speak for themselves. I’m not making this up in order to tell anyone what to think: I believe justice is always more difficult in situations like this than in the world that we live in. I believe at the end of the day you shouldn’t judge a person on the basis of what they are, or on how they’ve behaved in previous generations, or on how they’ve done in previous generations, because those things are all valid and that doesn’t mean that people should necessarily feel it’s acceptable. When people have a strong opinion, they’re just going to feel that someone else will be judged on the basis of how they’ve handled things through their life. That’s what I believe he did the other day, even though the reality of what he did may seem rather extreme and the fact that it caused problems is more acceptable in many people than it is in others. So all of this is what I really believe. I hope at times, it also helps people on the other side, to see that justice is for others as much as it is for themselves. I hope they see that if they don’t and feel that justice is for them as much as it is for others, then they might see that it’s okay for him to return. But if they feel that he shouldn’t be punished for doing what he did and that