Things Fall Apart Chapter 7

This chapter was very surprising to me. I can not believe that Ikemefuna was killed. It seemed like he became apart of the family and that the village had forgot about the murder a couple years before. Before this occurred, a swarm of locusts came to the village. I could not believe that the village was so excited about it. I thought that locusts ate all of the crops. Surprisingly, the people collected and ate the locusts. Then some men came to Okonkwo's hut. Okonkwo was told that he did not have to participate in the killing, but he went along anyway. Ikemefuna was told that he was going home. On the way there, Ikemefuna was struck with a machete. Okonkwo joined in by cutting up his body. I think that he did this so that he would not look weak. Okonkwo is surprised about how much he misses Ikemefuna. I think that this shows that Okonkwo does have a heart somewhere deep inside.