Character Analysis Of Okonkwo's Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo shows arrogance towards people who do not work as hard as him. “The height ability force the Byronic hero to be arrogant”(“Byronic”). The attitude Okonkwo might be caused of the height of the force he has. “He wanted Nwoye to grow into a young men capable of ruling his father’s household when he was dead and gone to join the ancestors.(Achebe 51). This quotation from chapter seven demonstrates Okonkwo calls his son womanly because he will not do what men do for example works outside, and cutting wood. He thinks he is better than all the boys who act womanly. This trait is shown by Okonkwo’s motivation for not being lazy, and showing no weakness. Okonkwo always stays strong through the pain he goes went through. Okonkwo is arrogant when people show their weakness towards something such as working. …show more content…

“He is usually isolated from society as a wonder or is in exile of some kind”(“Characteristics”). Okonkwo behavior and decisions got him sent off. “He began to wonder why he had he felt uneasy at all”(Achebe 72). This quotation from chapter nine demonstrates how Okonkwo feels out-of-place at his motherland. He can not describe the feeling, but it shows through his actions and attitude. This trait is described by motivation to be better. Exile makes him sad (Depressed) and kills him because he is in a “womanly” land. Okonkwo 's exile shows his

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