Okonkwo's Exile Analysis

After Okonkwo's exile and the move to his motherland, Okonkwo starts to become sad and starts to not enjoy work like he used to. This causes him to not work like he did before the exile. For example, from page 47 it says “Work no longer had for him the pleasure it used to have, and when there was no work to do he sat in a silent half-sleep.” So Obierika brought it to himself that he needed to speak with Okonkwo about it.
"It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when things are good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitterness he finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protect you. She is buried there. And that is why we say that mother is supreme. Is it right that you, Okonkwo, should bring to your mother a heavy face and refuse to be comforted? Be careful or you may displease the dead. Your duty is to comfort your wives and children and take them back to your fatherland after seven years. But if you allow sorrow to weigh you down and kill you they will all die in exile,” Obierika said (48).
On page 48 it says that the most common name for a women is Nneka or "Mother is Supreme". Why is this? Your mother is there to protect and comfort you, as well as nourish you back
He is most likely trying to get Okonkwo back to the way he was before. Back to enjoying his work instead of not caring for it. He could be using a threat that he will die from the sorrow and when he dies from it so will his family (48). “Is it right that you, Okonkwo, should bring to your mother a heavy face and refuse to be comforted? Be careful or you may displease the dead. Your duty is to comfort your wives and children and take them back to your fatherland after seven years. But if you allow sorrow to weigh you down and kill you they will all die in exile,” Obierika said to Okonkwo