Fresh water flows beneath the ground. People had to dig down to reach the water. They made a channel. It was a long hole dug int
o the earth. The underground water collected in the channel. Then people needed a way to get to this water so they could use it. What does "channel" mean in this passage?
Okonkwo doesn't truly change during the novel. As others in the village drift toward the church during his banishment, he is in his mother's land working to get back to where and how he was.
