Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo Banishment Scene Okonkwo: Clansman who murdered Ezeudus son. Obierika: Clansman who is best friend of Okonkwo. Ezeina: First wife of Okonkwo. Dzenu: Eleven year old son of Okonkwo. (Scenery: Remnants of a festive evening that occurred the night before clutter the ground in front of Okonkwos hut. Okonkwo sits on a wooden stump in front of one of his wives huts. It is a dim morning. The clouds hover over the village and the usually raucous village remains quiet. It is winter. The trees are barren and dark gray. Oknonkwos wives and children are wailing in the background and no visitors can be heard arriving amidst the noise. Okonkwo sits as begin to friends arrive.)Medium shot, Obierika at a quarter turn, early sunlight lighting.Obierika (to Okonkwo): Umuofia will lose a great warrior today.Okonkwo bows his head.Okonkwo: Why must a man suffer so deeply for an offense committed inadvertently?Extreme Close up, full front, eye level angle, early sun lighting.Obierika: It is possible that your gun was not the one that murdered the young boy Okonkwo did you hear what I said?Extreme Close up, full front, eye level angle, early sun lighting.Okonkwo: Placing blame where it is not due will not solve my problems. I have committed an atrocity. There is no denying it.Extreme Close up, full front, eye level angle,early sun lighting.Obierika: What then will you do? Will you flee?Medium shot, Obierika is at turn, Okonkwo at turn, eye level angle.Okonkwo(He stands as he begins to speak): There is only one solution I must go to my motherland.Obierika: If you exile yourself you will not be able to return for seven years. Okonkwo: I have considered that already Obierika. My concern is not when I can return. My concern resides behind you in those grass huts.Obierika: How will your children eat?Close up shot, oblique angle.Okonkwo: I have faced adversity before Obierika and I now it well enough not to fear it.Medium shot, Obierik...
