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Okonkwo Persuasive Letter

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Okonkwo, We have known you as a great leader, a great person for a long time. But what you have done is unacceptable, something the town cannot allow. Thus, we have decided to kick you out. I will elucidate this for you in this letter. It is strictly forbidden to go against your town by killing another member. This is murder, which everyone in the town saw. You killed that boy, even if it was by accident. This clan needs less crime, less manslaughter. If you cannot handle it, then don’t come back. As you know, a rule is made once someone commits a serious crime like we have seen with you. Okonkwo, after killing someone you will not come hither for seven years, otherwise, us leaders will come together and kill you. Stay away from our clan
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