foreign [Music] part 1 chapter 13 of chinua achebe's Things Fall Apart when wolfia awakes to the news that ezayudu the respected old Warrior who told Okonkwo not to take part in Ike mafuna's execution has died a cold shiver runs down okanko's back as he recalls as ayudu's warning that boy calls you father bear no hand in his death as ayudu was the oldest warrior in his village and he had taken three of the Clan's four titles his large funeral reflects this status contribute the men beat drums brandished their machetes and fire off their guns as well as cannons as the funeral lasts the tumult increased tenfold and it reaches a fever Heat Okonkwo joins the men who shoot their guns and salute to asayudu but his gun explodes unexpectedly and the shrapnel pierces the heart of ezayudu's 16 year old son killing him killing a clan member is an offense against the Earth goddess as Penance Okonkwo must leave but because the killing was accidental he'll be allowed to return to the Village after seven years Gathering their belongings he and his family set off for his mother's Village mbanta udu's neighbors dressed in wargarb storm okonkwo's compound and destroy it symbolically cleansing the lands that Okonkwo has soiled with their klansmen's blood they do this to honor the Earth goddess one of the men is oberica who questions the traditional cleansing ritual because the killing was an accident obarika is described as a man who thought about things part one of achebe's Novel ends with okonkwo's Exile from his village it's clear that Okonkwo cannot escape the killing of he came a funa the death of azayudu who warned Okonkwo against harming ikimafuna is a reminder and it occasions yet another killing that Okonkwo commits this second killing at ezeuru's funeral is accidental yet the unintentional crime causes great upheaval in okanko's life we see again how his inexperience with guns leads to conflict we also learned that this crime is considered female because it was inadvertent an act of fate with it okanko has offended the Earth goddess and must pay for his offense the tribe brandishes weapons as a form of tribute to ezeudu after the man's son is killed men destroy okonko's compound in honor of the Earth goddess a warrior culture the IBO used controlled violence in this chapter for ceremonial and religious purposes obey Rika is characterized as thoughtful he questions okonkwo's punishment and why his own twin infants had to be abandoned in Igbo culture multiple births are an Abomination twins are abandoned to die of natural causes in the evil Forest obey Rica follows the Clan's Customs even though he questions some of them