Chinua Achebe, through the writing of Things Fall Apart, expresses Okonkwo’s character through multiple recurring behaviors of violence, hidden emotion, and impetuous acts. To begin, violence is a positive attribute of everyone within this tribal culture, Okonkwo being a strong warrior he is expected to utilize strength to obtain power over others. Achebe presents this idea of violence to overcome weakness writing “Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak” (1958, pg. 61). Okonkwo even murdered those whom he loved on the inside, acts of physical harm becoming the norm and shaping the violent character of Okonkwo. Additionally, Achebe writes of Okonkwo’s perception on emotion “Okonkwo never showed any emotion
