I was not very happy about receiving Ikemefuna which was the ill-fated lad who was used to sacrificed to my village.I already had enough problems to take care of and this just added more stress.I was shocked to hear that Ikemefuna had to live with me for 3 years.I was very stern to my children and wives. I was especially stern to my youngest one as i thought that she had the greatest potential to be successful.I am strict to my children as i do not want them to be like my father,Unoka.I wanted them to know that i am doing all this for their own good but i was embarrassed to tell them.My greatest fear was failure and weakness as that would resemble my father.So i often think of my own success .I have a rule,which is to hate everything that my father loved.One of the things was gentleness and another was idleness.Soon,it was the planting season.I had to work daily in my farm from cock-crow until the chickens went to roost.I am physically fit so i seldom feel fatigue.I feel that man should have total control of everything and woman should just do as they are told.This was why i was angry when one of my wife asked me how long Ikemefuna was staying with us.My dad was a ill-fated man and died from a swelling which was an abomination of the earth goddess.I believe that,that was his punishment for being so lazy and improvident.I never said that to people before as that could be insulting to my village cultural beliefs.Yams to me are very important as they are a sign of masculinity,the more yams we have,the more masculine we are.There was year that the weather was mad.The yams were all greatly affected and i was disappointed to hear that a farmer commited suicide because of this.To me, i was not really affected as i was a strong fighter.My son Nwoye was an intelligent man but he lacked discipline. I actually liked Ikemefuna as he was a good boy and Nwoye my son,was no where as good as him.But i didn't show that i liked Ikemefuna as that would be a sign of weakness.