The punishments, the beating and nagging he does to his family, it makes Okonkwo him. A unsympathetic man, he shows no mercy when it comes to his family when it comes to the beatings. If he needs to show a lesson to his family he’ll do it by putting his feelings aside. Okonkwo seems like a man who will do anything to look nothing like his father and to make himself look strong. Okonkwo shows that he doesn’t care who he will have to beat until they pay their punishment or lesson. In the story it shows that he treats his kids and wives the same, even the punishments he has for them. Usually men treat their wives like it’s their prize possession, but not Okonkwo. First he shows Nyowe that he can’t be lazy, he doesn’t want his son to
