In the novel a man of the people do you think Hezekiah (odili fathers) has changed by the end of the story, or it is odili perception of him that change? What examples in the text support your answer.

Odili’s father, Mr. Samalu, is a former District Interpreter who is involved with the ruling political party. He has many wives and 35 children, and he disapproves of Odili’s idealism. He and Odili have a strained relationship, but at the end of the book, Mr. Samalu decides to stand by his son, and Odili realizes he has judged his father too harshly.