In Iboland at the time the relationship between a father and his child/children depended on whether the child was a boy or a girl, a typical African man will prefer to have a male child than a female child because the male child is meant to carry on the families legacy and was entitled to anything a man was entitled to whereas the female child is only seen as being useful in the kitchen and also for joining families through marriages and generating income through bride prices given to them by the family of their suitors. The relationship Okonkwo had with his male child, Nwoye was slightly different from the one he had with Ezinma. Okonkwo dealt with Nwoye and Ezinma the same way he dealt with everyone else and
