[Music] in part one chapter 8 of Chinua Achebe's things fall apart Okonkwo does nothing but drink wine for two days he calls for Moya to sit with him but his boy is afraid and he slips away from his father when a Concord dozes off but Okonkwo still can't escape the thoughts of he came a funa a zine mob brings food to a conch whoa and sits with him while he eats he hasn't eaten in two days as he looks at his ten-year-old daughter Okonkwo wishes that azeema were a boy Okonkwo visits his friend OB Rika and tells him he's worried about nuo yi adding that his children do not resemble him obey Rika reasons the children are still young the two men disgusts akima Funes murder Hobie Rika declined to participate and he asks why okonkwo took part in the killing of his own son the two of them are informed of the death of some elderly people in the clan Okonkwo soon feels better and believes his problem is an unoccupied mind later Okonkwo returns to OB Rica's compound where a ceremony is taking place to set the bride price for obi Rica's daughter the bride price is the amount of money a family will pay to obtain obi Rica's daughter as a bride for their son during this betrothal ceremony the men drink wine and negotiate the price using broomsticks to symbolize their offers and counteroffers when the negotiations are over Okonkwo and the others discuss customs of other clans that they consider outlandish they laugh at the stories of white men beings with skin whitest chuck who walk on faith no tones referring to their shoes the men doubt the existence of these beings they've heard of them but have never actually seen them one jokingly compares white men to lepers because the ebo turned for leprosy translates to white skin this chapter deals with the emotional aftermath of he came a Funes murder Okonkwo drinks to escape but cannot shake his guilt a Z Maz presence comforts him he season his daughter a strength that is missing in his other children except to Kemah funa this disturbing realization reawakens his guilt Okonkwo's connection with nuo yi is clearly broken while Moya comes to Okonkwo when he's called for he leaves as soon as possible showing fear and growing resentment toward his father Oba Rica seems an unlikely companion for okonkwo although the same social and economic level obey Rica doesn't feel the same compulsion toward aggressive masculinity he openly disagrees with Okonkwo's killing of Akuma funa the first time the novel introduces white men is in the context of disbelief and outlandish stories but the comparison to lepers people with a disease that causes skin sores and nerve damage is apt white men will soon prove real and will destroy the villagers culture just as leprosy destroys its victims you