A man taken away, by unfortunate circumstances
By Adam Campos
An unfortunate death has happened in the village, the death of a young male adult in the village.
The death was a death that came to not the ending of a fight, not a death within a war, but was a man sentenced to execution after the elders of the village were finally tired of him.
The name of this young man, was Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna was a young 18 year old man who was brought into the Igbo village at the age of 15 and was taken under the wing of a very well known man in the village by the name of Okonkwo.
Ikemefuna was brought to the Igbo village after being convicted of a possible murder in his old village, and when this occured he was brought to the Igbo.
Ikemefuna when living in the village, was known throughout as a nice and collected young man.
Okonkwo and Ikemefuna throughout the three years they had been living together became closer and closer every year and both built a very close connection.
With the execution about to be done, and when Ikemefuna was struck, Okonkwo from the distances he was away, hears Ikemefuna yell out a deathening cry: "My father, they have killed me!". (Achebe 68)
It was a very difficult experience for Okonkwo and when Ikemefuna's execution was finished, Okonkwo had no time to show any weakness and as hard as it was for him to see the body, he cut the body down and the body fell right to his feet.
The death brought Okonkwo into a time of great sadness and Okonkwo's body language was all negative for quite sometime.
It was at notice right away by Nwoye from Okonkwo's body language that Ikemefuna had died: "As soon as father walked, you knew that Ikemfuna had been killed" (Achebe 70)
The death was heartbreaking to many, but not as hard as it was to Okonkwo and Ikemefuna will be greatly missed by many.
Ikemefuna was 18 years old.
May he rest in peace.
The death was a death that came to not the ending of a fight, not a death within a war, but was a man sentenced to execution after the elders of the village were finally tired of him.
The name of this young man, was Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna was a young 18 year old man who was brought into the Igbo village at the age of 15 and was taken under the wing of a very well known man in the village by the name of Okonkwo.
Ikemefuna was brought to the Igbo village after being convicted of a possible murder in his old village, and when this occured he was brought to the Igbo.
Ikemefuna when living in the village, was known throughout as a nice and collected young man.
Okonkwo and Ikemefuna throughout the three years they had been living together became closer and closer every year and both built a very close connection.
With the execution about to be done, and when Ikemefuna was struck, Okonkwo from the distances he was away, hears Ikemefuna yell out a deathening cry: "My father, they have killed me!". (Achebe 68)
It was a very difficult experience for Okonkwo and when Ikemefuna's execution was finished, Okonkwo had no time to show any weakness and as hard as it was for him to see the body, he cut the body down and the body fell right to his feet.
The death brought Okonkwo into a time of great sadness and Okonkwo's body language was all negative for quite sometime.
It was at notice right away by Nwoye from Okonkwo's body language that Ikemefuna had died: "As soon as father walked, you knew that Ikemfuna had been killed" (Achebe 70)
The death was heartbreaking to many, but not as hard as it was to Okonkwo and Ikemefuna will be greatly missed by many.
Ikemefuna was 18 years old.
May he rest in peace.
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