How Did Okonkwo's Change In Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo’s life was dominated by fear. He feared to become a failure like his father. He feared that his oldest son would become a failure like his father. Because of this fear, he wanted to be an important man. He had three wives, enough yam fields and was one of the leaders of his clan. Unlucky, he accidently killed someone of his clan and was banned for seven years. In this seven years Umuofia changed a lot. Whites from the West had come to the clan to spread the Christian religion. After some time, the clansmen started to accept the religion the whites wanted to spread. They started to believe in what the whites believed and gave the whites power. After his exile, Okonkwo came back to Umuofia and saw how much his clan had changed. Together with some of his friends, which were important members of the clan as well, they started to revolt. First they were imprisoned, and when they were set free they wanted to take action again. The whole clan was thinking if they should join the revolt, but only a few really were confident to do this. Okonkwo asked himself “Why have they lost the power to fight”. Later, in an angry mood, Okonkwo killed one of the messengers of the whites. He thought his clansmen would join and help him, but they didn’t. Okonkwo’s fear to be weak came true. He then made a drastic decision. …show more content…
In the story his life is being followed. You can see how his life was changed by history. How he was before and after the coming of the whites. Other characters of the book were friends of family of Okonkwo. The book stresses the relationships between Okonwko and the other characters. For example Nwoye, the son of Okonkwo who wasn’t happy because he wasn’t the son Okonkwo wants him to