Chapter 5: The village holds the Feast of the New Yam to give thanks to the earth goddess, Ani. Of course Okonkwo doesn't really care for feasts so he becomes angry because he has nothing to do. The women clean and decorate their huts, throw away all of their unused yams from the year before and use cam wood to paint their skin and that of their children with decorative designs. Okonkwo, bored comes up with some crazy reason to beat his second wife. Then he decides to go hunting with his gun. Ekwefi says a snide comment about it and Okonkwo shoots the gun at her but misses. The day after come the annual wrestling contest. Okonkwo's second wife especially enjoys this event because this is where he won her heart when he beat the Cat. He was too poor to pay her bride price then but she soon ran away to be with him. Ekwefi has one child, her daughter Ezinma. Okonkwo is very fond of her but shows rarily any affection towards her.