In “Things Fall Apart”, Okonkwo is banished from his village by his people. He is exiled from the world in which he grew up. Everything he has built, what he earned through hard work and effort remains now in the past. Now he must start again to recover the dignity he has lost.
Okonkwo feels out of place, and then leaves his village in search of returning to feel part of a society in another place.
When the large cat repeats the same words 'Better wait till Martin comes' It creates excitement and curosity in the readers mind that who this Martin is? So, the effect that this repetitive words give to the story is that it pushes the story to it's most exciting part.