” Why did Ikemefuna have to  die? What did he do to our gods to anger them so? I saw more twins abandoned in the Evil Forest, what did they do to deserve death? Our gods seem to favor us one moment then punish us the next, why did they decide to have my fathers gun explode and get us exiled for seven years from our home? These punishments seem extreme and without reason; but these strange men with their strange god say that our gods are false; theirs is the true god. They speak ill of our gods, they even built in the Evil Forest yet our gods seem powerless to punish them, I think I need to look into what these strange men are trying to tell us a little more.”
This is from the perspective of Nwoye, Okonkwo’s oldest son. He already has a strained relationship with his father, and throughout the story we get glances at that he also is troubled by some of the decisions that his community makes based on their beliefs. So I believe it was only natural for him to be interested in the god that the white man brings; especially because this god seems very merciful when compared to the cruel ones that condemned Ikemefuna to death. He is prepared to risk the wrath of his father because he sees hope in following a god that is prepared to forgive his followers, unlike the gods of his village.