Okonkwo In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo is an amazing, wealth man that is feared by many. Okonkwo is well respected warrior of the Umofia clan and he is undefeated, he brought honor to his village once he defeated “the cat” in a wrestling contest. Okonkwo is feared by many because he is strong and doesn’t fear anything. On one of his battle he cut of five heads the enemies men and drank wine from one of the dead man’s head. He has a huge family, he has three wives and eleven kids. Okonkwo family fears him as well and Okonkwo expects more from them. His family cannot embarrass him in any way including his son Nwoye that has a strong resemblance of Okonkwos father. Unoka was Okonkwo father, Unoka is practically the polar opposite of his son Okonkwo, Unoka was famous for his ability to play the flute, but that was when he was young. Later on as an adult he started to worsen. Unoka became lazier; he didn’t want to do his work. Okonkwo was commanded to do everything for his father, which angered him the most, being lazy wasn’t his worst trait. Unoka had the tendency to be in debt with almost everyone in the village. His father would smooth talk to a person and have a conversation and then ask for their money. I think the villagers wouldn’t mind if he guarantees to everyone that he would pay them …show more content…
Knowing that his father almost ruined the family reputations he doesn’t want to risk it anymore and wants to make sure his son Nwoye doesn’t end up like his father. Nwoye is a lazy son that prefers to stay in one place and not do anything rather than to do something productive with his life. The villagers fear Okonkwo for the same reason his family fear him, Okonkwo is always angry. I predict that Okonkwo is always angry because of his father that is why he is beating Nwoye and forcing him to do more stuff because Okonkwo knows he can do better and that he will lead his family to the next