How Okonkwo Father Made Him How He Is: Things Fall Apart

Your Name Your Subject and Section Your Professor March 16, 2018 Things Fall Apart The book Things Fall Apart narrates the life of Okonkwo who was a respected leader of the Igbo people, members of the Umuofia tribe. However, despite his demeanor and external attitude towards others, the story presents a deeper explanation as to why he acts in such a way. Particularly speaking, it shows that in spite of showing no fear towards anything, Okonkwo is terrified of the possibility of him becoming like his father who is “lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow” (Chinua p.3.). Even when he was a child, he was teased by his playmates referring to his father as an “agbala”, which means “a man who had taken no title”, thus a “woman” (p. 10). In other tribes, this wo...