The Tragic Hero
The protagonist of things fall apart, Okonkwo is known as a tragic hero who holds a position of power and prestige choosing his course of action that possesses a tragic flaw, and gains, awareness of environment that lead to his fall. In his thirties, Okonkwo is a leader of the Igbo community of Umuofia. Achebe describe him as “tall and huge” with “bushy eyebrows” and a “wide nose that gives him a very server look”. When he walks, his heels barley touch the ground, like he was walking on springs “as if he was going to pounce on somebody”. Okonkwo “stammers slightly” and his breathing is heavy. Okonkwo is renowned as a wrestler, a fierce warrior and a successful farmer of yams. He has many children that live in huts on his compound
The protagonist of things fall apart, Okonkwo is known as a tragic hero who holds a position of power and prestige choosing his course of action that possesses a tragic flaw, and gains, awareness of environment that lead to his fall. In his thirties, Okonkwo is a leader of the Igbo community of Umuofia. Achebe describe him as “tall and huge” with “bushy eyebrows” and a “wide nose that gives him a very server look”. When he walks, his heels barley touch the ground, like he was walking on springs “as if he was going to pounce on somebody”. Okonkwo “stammers slightly” and his breathing is heavy. Okonkwo is renowned as a wrestler, a fierce warrior and a successful farmer of yams. He has many children that live in huts on his compound