Okonkwo's Change In Things Fall Apart

Richard Kuklinski was born on April 11, 1935 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was raised in an abusive environment. His father would beat him for no reason at all and all he ever knew was hate because that is all he’s ever known. His father Stanley would beat him with an iron rod and lock him in the basement for hours or days without food. Stanley went so far one night that he killed Richard’s younger brother due to hitting him in the head. His father then abandoned the family when Richard was 16. I believe his upbringing is a large contributing factor of him becoming a serial killer.

His father, Unoka, has been ashamed since his childhood because he was a coward and was always broke. Okonkwo has three wives and their children. Nwoye is Okonkwo’s oldest son. Okonkwo believes he is weak and lazy. He beats Nwoye and he hopes to understand him better.

For all of his desire to be strong, Okonkwo is caught up by the constant fear of being perceived as weak. He is afraid of failure and afraid of being considered weak. This fear drives him to do whatever he can to not become a failure like his father which ironically contributes to his death. While Okonkwo was a strong and important figure in his tribe, he had to keep his reputation that way by making some hard decisions. One of them was when he had to kill Ikemefuna, a young boy from the neighboring tribe. Okonkwo started accepting the decision to kill Ikemefuna because he started to call Okonkwo father. He had to keep his own valor intact and kill the boy to prevent himself from showing any weakness, but deep down, Okonkwo was really upset because of what he did which was ironic, “’When did you become a shivering old woman,' Okonkwo asked himself, 'you, who are known in all the nine villages for your valor in war? How can a man who has killed five men in battle fall to pieces because he has added a boy to their number? Okonkwo, you have become a woman indeed.'" (Achebe 65). He continued to roll downhill when the white man comes to try and convert Okonkwo’s tribe. Okonkwo responds by killing one of the messengers that were sent. This cause Okonkwo's own tribe to question his actions. “"Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messengers escape.

Okonkwo grows to love Ikemefuna like he is his own son and Okonkwo’s real son Nwoye admires and looks up to him as a real brother as well. Yet, Okonkwo does not show any affection of how he feels toward Ikemefuna and how he actually views him as if he is his own. Despite how he feels about Ikemefuna, Okonkwo will not let any type of weakness show, especially not in front of others. So, Okonkwo does not protect Ikemefuna but instead is a part of his murder by stabbing his un-biological son with a machete. Doing this brakes Okonkwo down inside and makes him very weak becoming saddened and depressed for a generous amount of time. This is probably one of the few moments in Okonkwo life that he let his guard down to show a different emotion besides anger, to him crying and mourning is a sign of weakness but after the foul actions he took a part of he can no help but show it. Along with anger comes violence, which Okonkwo often

Okonkwo was a man of high title and respect. He despised the weak and cherished strength by not displaying himself to be frail or afraid of anything in life. During the sacrifice of Ikemefuna, Okonkwo was advised not to attend, however he was the individual that delivered the last hit to Ikemefuna during his sacrifice. Ikemefuna stayed with Okonkwo’s family for many years. He too was a part of the family and was considered a son.

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When the missionaries came in and brought changes, Okonkwo struggled with the changes. Okonkwo lost the chance lead his warlike clan against the new religion,which he was told gained ground (Achebe,171). The tribe was told their religion is all lies and Christianity is the real religion. The Ibo had no choice but to go with the white man. The white man built the center of religion and trade along with government (Achebe, 174). There were prisons for the bad people or uncooperative people. Missionaries have messengers who were unfair. Even though the Ibu tribe was strong, they couldn’t handle all the

Ikemefuna was a sacrifise that had to stay with him and his family for a while and a while became three years. After all that time Ikemefuna became another son to Okonkwo. The text states “ Okonkwo did not taste any food for two days after the death of Ikemefuna. He drank palm-wine from morning till night, and his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor (Anchebe, 73).” As you can, tell his decision affected him severely.

Okonkwo has become determined to climb his way back up the social ranks after have been knocked to the bottom. “He was determined that his return should be marked by his people. He would return with a flourish, and regain the seven wasted years. Although this determination took his mind off of things, he still remembered the tragedy of Nwoye. “At first it appeared as if it might prove too great for his spirit. But it was a resilient spirit, and in the end Okonkwo overcame his sorrow. He had five other sons and he would bring them up in the way of the clan (172).” Okonkwo goes as far as to say “Now he is no longer my son or you brother (172).”

as he ran towards him. Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak,” (Achebe, chapter 7). His fear of looking weak in this scenario relates to the upsetting father-son relationship that Okonkwo experienced with his dad Unoka, a village coward. Okonkwo quickly decided that killing ikemefuna himself would boost his reputation as a strong leader in the tribe.

Throughout the first part of the story, Okonkwo is nothing like his father. He is a very hard worker, financially supports his family, and isn’t an alcoholic. He can also be very abusive towards his three wives and almost shoots one of them. He is a very wealthy farmer and spends most of his time working instead of with his family. Spending so little time with his family means that his children

Okonkwo was brutal among his family members to show them he was not weak. “Whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists” (Achebe 43). In order to look strong and powerful, Okonkwo decides to kill Ikemefuna and beat his wives. This not only destroys his relationships with Nywoe and his wives, it affects his own mental health. His impetuous and vicious acts draw him to kill a court messenger during a clan meeting which brings Okonkwo to soon find his tragic

He believed that his father’s actions were feminine and therefore worked hard to become a warrior. Along with not wanting to appear feminine, Okonkwo does not think his actions through. When Ikemefuna was brought into Okonkwo’s family, he accepted him and the two became very close. But after three years Ikemefuna was sentenced to death and Okonkwo was sent out with him. As the man raised up his machete Ikemefuna run to Okonkwo, “My father, they have killed me!” as he ran towards him. Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak”(Achebe 61). In this split second Okonkwo lets his emotions and fears of appearing weak win and did not allow himself time to think. Achebe utilizes Okonkwo to display the principle of cause and effect. Okonkwo is very proactive and does things on a whim. By doing so he makes hasty decisions that will be regretted in the long run. Okonkwo’s suicide was caused by a hasty decision and the responses of the tribesman. “He heard voices asking: “Why did he do it?”(Achebe

When Ikemefuna came to Umuofia, Okonkwo “became very fond of the boy- inwardly of course… He therefore treated Ikemefuna as he treated everybody else- with the heavy hand. But there was no doubt that he liked the boy” (24). This establishes that Okonkwo loves Ikemefuna but because he wants to look strong and demonstrate power he shows little to no emotion of love towards him. Correspondingly, when Ikemefuna is facing his death, he runs to Okonkwo asking for help. As this happens Okonkwo, acting on impulse, slays Ikemefuna with his machete. Okonkwo try’s to act like he does not have affection for Ikemefuna, but the reader sees the reality when, after Ikemefuna’s death, “Okonkwo did not taste any food for two days…He drank palm-wine from morning till night…[and] did not sleep at night” (55). In other words, Okonkwo is mourning over the loss of Ikemefuna and. Though this is the case a close reader might see that Okonkwo’s impulse of killing Ikemefuna was because he wanted to seem strong but the evidence shows the reality of his emotion. One might conclude that Okonkwo can be loving and compassionate, but because of his need to look masculine his relationship with Ikemefuna is

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