Okonkwo chases him away by threatening him violently. To his surprise, not many show much interest in his return and he is disappointed to see the change in his once warlike clan. Mr Brown had actually stressed that children should be sent to school as he knew the consequences of the language barrier. But when Mr Brown was replaced by Reverend Smith, who is utterly intolerant, the lack of communication between the clan and Smith led the converts to become overzealous. Okonkwo had always dreamed of returning to his village, but the church had changed so much that it did not receive the attention he had dreamed of. His violent desires take over and he and several villagers, including Okonkwo, were sent to prison. When they were released, Okonkwo actually thought that the colonization had come to an end, but only to his disappointment. A feeling of revolt against the missionaries arises in the crowd, but not of the kind that Okonkwo had hoped for. The villagers let the messengers go and thus concluded the meeting. Realizing that his clan would not go to war, Okonkwo takes his own life by hanging himself from a tree. Committing suicide is considered a grave sin in Igbo culture and no one was allowed to touch his body as they now considered his body to be an evil spirit and it was believed that only strangers could touch him. The way he chose to end his life was against his beliefs