[Music] in part to chapter 14 of Chinua Achebe's things fall apart Okonkwo is welcomed in in Bonta Biogen do his maternal uncle he and his children give Okonkwo land assist him in building a compound and supply him with CDMS to plant his farm this new beginning requires hard work which Okonkwo is always willing to do yet it no longer sparks the enthusiasm that okonkwo once had he was on a path to become one of the Lords of the clan and that goal now seems very far away with Chandu is the family patriarch one of his sons is marrying a new wife following the ceremony with Chandu gathers everyone together and speaks to a conch Lowe reminding him that others have also suffered Lu Chen Do's personal loss has been great as he has buried five wives and 22 children his message for okonkwo is to accept his exile and make the best of it throughout part 1 of the novel Okonkwo has been a man of action a heroic figure in a wolf iya and hard work has been both his coping mechanism and his means to overcome his father's legacy part 2 brings important shifts in the novel Okonkwo's exile to Infante and his new lack of enthusiasm well Congo is depressed and he no longer believes that his personal God his Chi is destined for greatness a belief that has driven him until now we Chen do counsels him that everyone suffers and must go on in this way with Chen du represents the guiding support of Okonkwo's motherland at the same time his character raises questions about what other changes and sufferings the novel will bring you