Okonkwo's Unsympathetic

“To show affection was a sign of weakness” (Achebe 28). Some of his actions were out of his control but the murders he committed were his own choice and apparently his reputation and ego meant more to him than mercy and human decency. “People who want to feel better about themselves make decisions that meet their needs”. All of the decisions he made like beating his wife, killing Ikemefuna, the missionary and accidently Ezeudu’s son decided his fate, the way the tribe ended up was Okonkwo’s view of a tragedy. The village did not want to go to war with the missionaries that religiously destroyed their clan so Okonkwo became miserable with life. He could not believe that the villagers were okay with the new religion being forced upon them so he decided to take his fate into his own hands and take his own life so he does not have to face what tragedy is to him; his clan failing and falling into the enemy's arms. Okonkwo could not bear the burden of this mental and emotional pain his failing village caused

9. “Okonkwo’s first son, Nwoye, was then twelve years old but was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient laziness. At any rate, that was how it looked to his father, and he sought to correct him by constant nagging and beating. And so Nwoye was developing into a sad-faced youth.”

Okonkwo's complete intolerance and lack of understanding for emotions being a stifling oppressive force is best illustrated when Nwoye

Is Okonkwo sympathetic or unsympathetic? Okonkwo has a history of being messed up but he could also be kind hearted, because he take care of the thing he likes. I say “The thing he likes” because he could be really harsh and irrational with the things he doesn't like. He has two characters that would have different opinions about Okonkwo because he treats them differently. Is he unsympathetic because he beats his 3rd wife for messing things up and doesn't respect women, and he treats a new member in his village with a lot more respect on the first month of him being there.

The relationship between Okonkwo and Nwoye is very stressful and bitter as Okonkwo has very high expectation for his eldest son. Hence Okonkwo always “sought to correct him by constant nagging and beating” when he was irritated

The breakdown of Okonkwo’s relationship with his son is evident throughout this novel. The reason for this tumultuous relationship is, Okonkwo is too engrossed in maintaining his status quo, and his relationship was governed by his own beliefs, principles and his own “right way to do right things”. He treated his family very strictly as he believed that showing affection revealed a sign of social weakness; thus the disheartening lack of respect and love was a mal nourishing factor with in the family.

Nwoye’s behavior also got to Okonkwo because he couldn't stand his first born son betraying him to go to the new faith, he was also a reason why Okonkwo killed himself because he felt lonely. “ They came to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling, and they stopped

”(114-115) This shows how mad Okonkwo was and how he was signifying himself to a flaming fire. He was outraged by Nwoye’s actions disclaiming him

To show affection was a sign of weakness. He therefore treated Ikemefuna as he treated everybody else-with a heavy hand” (page 28). In this part of the book the author describes how well Ikemefuna is fitting into the Igbo culture. Okonkwo is very fond of Ikemefuna, but refuses to display his feelings. In this quote characterizes Okonkwo as an angry and cruel

In Things Fall Apart , as much as Okonkwo handles his family with a heavy hand, Okonkwo’s relationship with his children create a subsidizing factor in the inner conflict between Okonkwo’s reputation and his fatherly instincts. Okonkwo treats his two children, Nwoye and Ezinma differently from his adoptive son Ikemefuna, opening a window to show the large differences the three. Their Father and son relationship are different between Okonkwo and his own father, also between Okonkwo and his children Nwoye, Enzima, and his adoptive son Ikemefuma

From the start Okonkwo disapproved of nwoye for his laziness and beat him often. Even Though Nwoye was being beat, he never seemed to retaliate. Nwoye is what I like to call a reserved person. Reserved people aren't going to fight back much, but instead they take their heat and deal with it internally. These are the people that will sometimes just walk away from conflict After the death of Ikemefuna, Nwoye began to hate his father more because his he had taken part in the killing of the boy.

At any rate, that was how it looked to his father, and he sought to correct him by constant nagging and beating. And so Nwoye was developing into a sad-faced youth” (p. 13-14). Okonkwo was the leader, all he wanted to do was be in power and therefore he wanted his son to take power when he became older. However, that is not the case.

Unoka is his dad and which okonkwo and the whole village thanks he is unsuccessful. That’s make Okonkwo treat unoka like he’s lesser than a person. “He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had no patience with his father.” (p.1/pg.4) This shows that Okonkwo was ashamed of his dad

Even though Okonkwo’s dad was poor Okonkwo works on himself to be wealthy, Okonkwo is unsympathetic because Okonkwo beats his children and also because Okonkwo beats his wives. Okonkwo is unsympathetic because he beats his children and his wives. Okonkwo is unsympathetic because he beats his children. An example of Okonkwo being unsympathetic was when, “When Okonkwo heard that he would not eat any food he came into the hut with a big stick in his

A sympathetic person can be whom identifies care and, if not necessarily admire. Sympathetic and Unsympathetic can be anyone and in this case i am going to talking a Okonkwo and how he has sympathy towards his family. Okonkwo sympathy will reflection how he treats his family and how he gets along with them. In Okonkwo case we will be talking about how he did not like his father Unoka and what he would do and also his third wife Ojiugo and how she would miss unattend his children. Okonkwo would treat them like if the weren't anyone to him.