Things Fall Apart Chapter 18

Many people start to join the christian church. The villager aren't really worried about it, seeing that almost all of the converts are low class. One day some outcasts come to the church. The new converts are outraged that they came. No one is allowed to associate with the outcasts. The pastor settles them down and tells them that anyone is allowed in the church. So, the pastor cleans the outcasts up and cuts their hair. They eventually become the most supportive of the church. One of the outcasts claims to have killed the "holy python." It is very important to the village society. Okonkwo wants to force the missionaries out by harming them, but the village decides to shun them. Okonkwo thinks that the tribe is very weak and pitiful. Eventually the trige learns that the man who killed the snake has died. This reconfirms their faith in their gods, and they don't worry about the christians.