Fine

Alright I've given it some thought and I have decided that you have to feel bad for Okonkwo, even if he is a piece of shit. Because no one should have their heritage taken from them; I don't mind that the inhumane aspects were destroyed, but the white people should have let them keep their customs and beliefs. I know, it sounds like I'm fence-sitting but I do have a clear viewpoint. Where do you draw the line? You draw the line when innocent people are killed. You draw the line when lives are taken before they were even given and chance and bodies are mutilated. I know that was their custom too but at some point you cannot sit back and do nothing. Tribal meetings and hunting groups are fine but abusing wives on a whim? I'm not saying the white people were right, I'm saying some aspects of the tribal customs were outdated. I stand firm in my belief that killing and the abuse had to stop, and I stand firm in my belief that otehr customs should have been considered acceptable, but I also realize that the two couldn't be. At least, not in Okonkwo's world. For his, it was all customs preserved or fight to the death. You've got to admire the principle, even if you hate the guy.
Dammit, now I like connect with him. How frustrating. I never thought I would understand the vicious-obsessive-abusive-crazed-lunatic-of-a-man that I didn't have much sympathy for until now. I tried not to feel bad for him, I really did. And then Achebe had to come in there and fuck everything over for me. Thanks a lot, Achebe, thanks a whole lot.