In the novel “Things fall apart” by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo was a brave, respected, intimidating, and wealthy man. He had a severe look, with a wide nose and bushy eyebrows, and “seemed to walk on springs”(4). Although Okonkwo was highly respected by the villagers they still thought he was unsympathetic. Okonkwo believed that anyone who was not succeeding was doing. So due to the lack of trying he did not believe those people deserved very much respect because of all the hard work he had to put in, in order to become much greater than his “lazy and improvident”(4) father. Okonkwo never showed any weakness or love. Since his pride was so important to him, he rarely showed his sympathetic emotions, like the love he has for his family. Okonkwo
