Okonkwo chases him away with violent threats. To his surprise, few people are interested in his return and he is disappointed to see the change in his once warlike clan. Mr. Brown had actually insisted that the children should be sent to school because he knew the consequences of the language barrier. But when Mr. Brown was replaced by the utterly intolerant Rev. Smith, 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 he did not receive the attention he craved. His violent desires take over and he and several villagers including Okonkwo are sent to prison. When they were liberated, Okonkwo did indeed think that colonization was coming to an end, but to his great disappointment. A feeling of revolt rises in the crowd against the missionaries but not the one that Okonkwo hoped for. The villagers let the messengers go and thus concluded the meeting. Realizing that his clan would not go to war, Okonkwo committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree. Committing suicide is considered a grave sin in Igbo culture and no one was allowed to touch one's body as they now considered one's body to be an evil spirit and it was believed that only outsiders could touch it. The way he chose to end his life was contrary to his beliefs