A Moment in my life

What is a moment that set my life down the path that is today I may ask myself. This could be such a hard question, because sometimes it is not noticed that a moment has changed our lives for we have not experienced it. One that I know has effected me is that once when I first met Debbie. She has been a large help in my life. I was very depressed and my family saw this. So when I was still fairly young when they put me into the Big Brother Big Sister program, and Debbie was to be my big sister. I was really nervous at first. I knew she was suppose to be nice and was suppose to be my friend. But, I never dreamed I would be able to talk to her as easily as I can today. She never judged me from the moment I met her. I may not be able to see her as much now then I could have in the 3rd grade, but even now I love the comfort of knowing that she is just a phone call away if I need someone to talk to at what ever time of day.

One of the momets I loved most with her is just staying the night and staying up and watching movies. There was one time she spent the time to help me understand how the mind works and why people judge others. It helped me understand and forgive what people do. I used to be extreamly judgemental and I would hurt people, so they would hurt me back. But, after that one night with Debbie I have had alot fewer problems with that.

Why did Okonkwo kill himself?

Okonkwo was a man of acction, and could not stand to not do anything about the missionaries coming and taking everything he had ever known away from him. He has the understanding that he had to protect his family and everything that he built for himself. He differed from his father who brought disgrace to Okonkwo. Then he had the accident of killing a man and is banished for 7 years, and that seperated him from his clan majorly. When he finally comes back his once proud and strong clan has gone weak against the control of the missionaries.

Being seperated from his clan ment that he did not understand how much his clan feared war with the white men. Okonkwo's spirit was always ready to fight for what he believed but no one would support him. Finally at the meeting, when Okonkwo killed the messenger but not the second one, he knew everything was over and that he had no chance of starting and wining a fight with the white men. He was already seperated from his clan. He felt he had no other option of release from the power of the white men so he hung him self.