Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Part 2: Chapter 18

osu a class of people in Igbo culture considered outcasts, not fit to associate with free-born members of the clan.

caste rigid class distinction based on birth, wealth, and so on, operating as a social system or principle.

heathen anyone not a Jew, Christian, or Muslim; especially, a member of a tribe, nation, etc. worshiping many gods.

python a very large, nonvenomous snake of Asia, Africa, and Australia, that squeezes its prey to death.

defecates excretes waste matter from the bowels.

ostracize to banish, bar, exclude, etc. from a group through rejection by general consent of the members.

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