Okonkwo

of Things Fall Apart is Okonkwo. He strives to be completely different than his father, which means he must be very masculine. Ikemefuna is a sacrifice and has no choice but to live with Okonkwo. He is frightened at first due to him being in a place that he has never been before. Nwoye is Okonkwo’s son. Okonkwo is quite ashamed of him by reason of him not being as masculine as he wishes that he was. When Nwoye decides to go to the Christian side, Okonkwo disowns him. Okonkwo, Nwoye, and…

Lillian Friefeld Mr. Lewis PIB Language Arts 8 9 November 2015 Relationships and Fear The character Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is driven by the fear of change as well as losing his self worth. This impacts many of his actions and relationships throughout the novel and is rooted in his relationship with his father, Unoka. The contrast between Unoka’s lazy but happy personality and Okonkwo’s severe, cold, and yet determined state of mind is reflected in how he treats his wives…

Okonkwo, the Most Powerful Defenseless Man In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the protagonist, Okonkwo, overcomes many obstacles that make it difficult for him to be respected in his culture and community. His father, Unoka, was imprudent and was not respected in the community, as he was in debt to many of his neighbors and kept asking for more when he knew he would not be able to pay it back. “When Unoka died he had taken no title at all and he was heavily in debt.”(Achebe 8). Despite…

Okonkwo's rash act. If a man's anger drives him to forget the collective whole, everyone will pay the price for that transgression if the gods retaliate and bring crop failure. Ironically, Okonkwo has already begun acting as an individual and not as a part of the…

village of Umuofia. Okonkwo’s father, Unoka is a laid back man who was largely in debt and carried no titles. Okonkwo vowed he would not become his father and as a young boy and strove for greatness. Getting his start by winning a wrestling match, he grew to be a self-made man and accumulated many titles, land and strong relationships with important people in the village while in Umuofia. Okonkwo can be referred to as a tragic hero. Because he is a superior man in the society, he has much to…

strengths and weaknesses in the story. In Achebe’s publication, Things Fall Apart, Achebe displays many strengths and weakness in his main character, Okonkwo. In the novel, Okonkwo encounters several situations where he reveals these exact characteristics. Okonkwo the protagonist, is character who has is made up of strengths and as well as, weaknesses. Okonkwo is viewed as a man who possesses many strengths. One of Okonkwo's main strengths is determination. In Things Fall Apart he shows this…

“Oedipus” is one in where mistakes are always punished”—Fate. Both Okonkwo and Oedipus are very reluctant to address the truth of, or deal with their fate and again, it is this arrogance and blindness that leads to the ultimate tragedy and comprises the main tragic flaw of both Okonkwo and Oedipus. There is a difference when making a comparison between these two proud men on this point, which serves to highlight the point made about how Okonkwo is more responsible for his tragic fate. Even…

did, he immediately bought gourds of palm-wine, called round his neighbors, and made merry” (page 4). Having such a poor role model for a father would usually lead a son to follow in their footsteps, but Okonkwo breaks this chain by becoming one of the most powerful members of his clan. Okonkwo is driven to show that he is not lazy like his father, and he “was ruled by one passion – to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was…

judgement error that eventually leads to the destruction of themselfs. Okonkwo is a clear example of a character who makes judgement errors that lead to his fatality. He does his best to be a hero but in the end he fails. That is why he is a tragic hero. He does not appear to be the “good guy” of the story but he is not an abomination of the story, he attempts to help his clan and does his best to protect his people. Okonkwo, of Things Fall Apart, is a tragic hero because he follows a clear…

Currently I am at the part where Okonkwo beat one of his wives during the Week of Peace because she was out getting her hair plaited. The actual violence did not surprise me awfully because females have been oppressed for centuries through a multitude of ways from systemic tyranny to violence. What struck me as fascinating is the fact that a man’s success is determined by the number of wives he has, and not solely on the amount of wealth he has, although it is important. Okonkwo has three and…