Obierika suggested that Okonkwo should let him take care of the crops until Okonkwo could repay him. He also proposed that Okonkwo should leave his son Nwoye with him as a pledge to ensure Okonkwo's return.
agriculture
ploughing, seeding, caring for crops, harvesting and processing
The Husband
Okonkwo shuddered when thinking of his first farming season where two plantings of crops were ruined. However, he prided himself in persevering despite the failure.
Planting and caring for field crops
Planting, caring for, and harvesting the crops
Okonkwo farms yams, the King of crops. He takes care of his farm and estate, doing tasks such as clearing fields, repairing and building buildings. When wartime comes, he is also a warrior for his village; he has killed 5 other warriors.
The family unit on the farm
The family unit on the farm
Weeding crops, thinning crops, spraying pesticides and fertilizers, preparing field each spring for planintg, planting crops, harvesting crops, preparing fileds each fall, sorting products, preparing crops or animals for market, maintaining equipment, landscaping, caring for bees
Okonkwo's mission to Mbaino is successful in resolving the conflict between the two villages when Mbaino offers a virgin girl and a young boy as compensation for the murder of a woman from Umuofia. This peaceful resolution avoids a full-scale war between the villages.
Nwoye is Okonkwo's first son, and serves as a contrast to the manliness of the Igbo his father exemplifies. Nwoye's like for the feminine, in particular the stories his mother tells, causes him to not relate well with his father. Further, Okonkwo expects him to be as strong as he was, and to have taken a woman by now, but he is not as strong, and has not yet taken a woman. Okonkwo fears that Nwoye will be like his grandfather Unoka, who was a lazy drunkard debtor and tied without title or property.