many gods). In the United States it seems that everyone one here is monotheistic (the belief in one god). The Igbo supreme god was Chukwu, they believe "he made all the world and the other gods" (Achebe 179). Everything has a spirit. They also believed that the law was kept by a group of nine ancestral spirits called egwugwu. These ancestral spirits represented a village, that is why there were nine.The Igbo family consisted of a nuclear family which was the man, his wives, and how many children they had. This was a normal family in the Igbo culture. Each wife had her own hut she shared with her children. Men practiced polygamy, while the women were monogamous. Twins were excluded from their society. There was also a group of elders, they were men who achieved high ranking titles, and who kept order in the village. Their 4 culture respected the seniors because they were filled with knowledge and wisdom. They had their own political structure, it was considered to be a patriarchal society. This had a major impact on their everyday lifestyle. In the fourth chapter Okonkwo is yelled at by Ezeani, the priest of the earth goddess, for beating his wife during the sacred week of peace. Okonkwo did not feel remorse for his actions and probably thought of it as a sign of strength and manhood. Okonkwo was always worried about being seen as weak. One good example of this is when he kills Ikemefuna. Okonkwo liked the boy because he saw several good qualities in him that he wished his own son possessed. However, he had to be killed because of one of their customs. When it came time to kill Ikemefuna, Okonkwo delivered the second and final blow from his machete and killed the boy so that people would not think that he was weak. After Ikemefuna was killed, Okonkwo was unable to eat or drink for days because he was upset. But, he made himself get rid of those...
