Compare Umuofia's way of extracting payment from Okonkwo for accidently killing Ezeudu's son with the modern day practice of suing for damages. How are the two practices similar? How are they different?

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Compare Umuofia's way of extracting payment from Okonkwo for accidently killing Ezeudu's son with the modern day practice of suing for damages. How are the two practices similar? How are they different?

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Asked by samantha s #597102 on 2/12/2019 9:10 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 2/12/2019 10:16 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 2/12/2019 10:16 PM

Killing a clansman is a crime against the earth goddess, so Okonkwo must atone by taking his family into exile for seven years.I'm not sure that exile is used in modern times. One might compare it to a prison of sorts.

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