Okonkwo sits in his hut and is hit with a wave of anger for having –for what he feels is – a bad son, that his God is punishing him for something that he has done. His son, Nwoye, had converted to Christianity, which was not the faith of his family or his culture, and had even gone to convert his mother and siblings. Okonkwo had seen this as a great betrayal since Nwoye was giving up on the culture and Gods of his father and also of his ancestors.