Chapter 25

What is the main idea of this chapter?

At Okonkwo's compound, the District Commissioner asks to see Okonkwo. Obierika and fellow clansmen take him to Okonkwo. Where is Okonkwo?

Obierika asks the District Commissioner and his men to take Okonkwo's body and bury it. Why?

What is the Commissioner's reaction to what Okonkwo did?

In the last paragraph of Chapter 25, the point of view in the story shifts from a neutral narrator. Whose perspective is used to narrate the last paragraph of this chapter?

Going back to Chapter 24, why did Okonkwo kill the Commissioner's messenger?

Find paragraph 8, Chapter 25, where the Commissioner wonders what Obierika means when he suggests perhaps the Commissioner's men will help. The Commissioner thinks, "One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words."

What does "superfluous" mean in this context?

Now that the book is over think about some of the lessons you learned.

What is one of the main ideas developed throughout this novel?

The book is over! Is there anything that is unclear still?