Okonkwo

I would describe Okonkwo's life and background as self-made. He was brought up by his father, Unoka, who could not provide for his own family. Because of this, Okonkwo and his siblings often went hungry. He suffered from not having the resources that other families who were wealthy and prosperous, such as Okoye's family. Okoye is described in the book to have "a large barn full of yams and he had three wives. And now he was going to take the Idemili title, the third highest of the land" (6).…

nine villages, Okonkwo a strong leader with few weaknesses, but one that impacts his whole life driving him into physical and mental misery. Life is never perfect, and Okonkwo served as a tragic her. Okonkwo’s traits and qualities make of him a key character with a high status in his own village after a slow and painful childhood. Okonkwo earned the high status of the best wrestler in all the nine villages and beyond by defeating Amalinze. Beyond anything, Amalinze the…

after he was told not to, Accidentally shot someone and was punished, White missionaries drove Okonkwo to commit suicide. Ikemefuna was from a different village than Okonkwo but one day Ikemefuna’s family was punished for doing something horrific. The punishment was that the boy shall live with another family from a different village, so Ikemefuna was sent to Okonkwo. Okonkwo adopted him. Ikemefuna calls Okonkwo dad because it’s been three years since Ikemefuna moved into Okonkwo’s household.…

of the main character, Okonkwo, and his village of Umuofia. As the story progresses with minor tribulations and problems primarily caused by Okonkwo, the arrival of white mercenaries is the main conflict of the plot, due to the threat they pose to the Igbo culture. The mercenaries eventually even lead to the shocking death of Okonkwo, though indirectly. Not only is this not a happy ending, but it also shows the destroying of a culture and a darker side to colonialism. Okonkwo is one of the only…

Okonkwo can go both ways, he would be considered a sympathetic or unsympathetic. In my personal opinion, I believe that Okonkwo is a very sympathatic character. Him being a sympathetic character is apart of their culture, which to show love or empathy is considered weak. Okonkwo wanted to hold himself up as a mythic warrior and leader. By being cold and ruthless to his family, he felt that he was projecting a constant state of strength and power. Of course other readers are going to consider…

The white man’s ways were foreign to the Ibo culture. All they had known was that barns, wives, and wealth is what builds a successful life and depending on how much of each a man had it measured how prosperous they were as a person. In chapter one of Things Fall Apart it talks about Okonkwo’s father, Unoka and how he was failure during his life. In the book it states “A man with titles was placed significantly higher in the social structure of Umuofia than someone who was like Okonkwo’s father,…

Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo has many struggles in his story, but at the same time he was a hero. Some of his struggles where he put to high of expectations on himself to not become like his father in any way possible, and the negative outside forces. Okonkwo was a tragic hero because his mistakes in judgement and outside forces contributing to his downfall. Okonkwo was a tragic hero because his main goal in life was to not be like his father “Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a…

Chinua Achebe's “Things Fall Apart” is a historical fiction novel that is set in the early 1900’s. This novel is about the tragic downfall of the main character Okonkwo, a well respected leader within his clan in Umuofia, who is also a tragic hero because of several flaws. Okonkwo’s most noticeable flaw is that he fears weakness and failure. Okonkwo’s fatal flaw is his fear of weakness and failure. This fear was the result of the weakness and failure of his father, Unoka. He saw how nobody…

In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a sympathetic character because he does seem to care about other people other than himself but, he also does not want to be seen as weak, so he will do anything needed to not be seen as weak. Okonkwo didn’t eat food for two days since the death of Ikemefuna. Okonkwo does seem to care about other people other than himself because when Ezinma was taken into the cave, he could not sleep, he would constantly walk back and forth waiting to…

anything that might abet it.” Okonkwo is a character from Things Fall Apart and is portrayed as a well respected and hardworking member of his tribe. On the other hand Okonkwo is a very controlling, aggressive and abusive man to his family. Okonkwo’s family relationships make him a sympathetic man because he watches over and make sure his family is always safe, but also an unsympathetic character because he loathes his father for just his tribe status. First of all, Okonkwo is a sympathetic…