Okonkwo's Injustice

After Okonkwo was banished, he fled to his motherland because in the land he was living in now, represented as a father, he could succeed and was praised when he did so, but when he made a mistake, he was punished and sent away. When a boy is punished he goes to his mother’s to find empathy, just as Okonkwo had gone to his motherland after he was banished. “Nwoye overheard it and burst into tears, whereupon his father beat him heavily.” (21 online) Nwoye was beaten by his father for crying when Ikemefuna was leaving. After Nwoye was beaten, “Later, Nwoye went to his mother's hut and told her that Ikemefuna was going home.” (21 online) Once Okonkwo was done beating Nwoye, he found refuge in his mother’s hut and Nwoye felt comfortable enough