'The Rise and Fall of Okonkwo'

'The novel, Things pivot Apart, is about the full and the f all in all of a Nigerian hu slices, Okonkwo, and the Ibo culture. Okonkwo was a respected, influential loss leader in star of the nine villages in the Ibo community; he was also a wrestling champion. Okonkwo has legion(predicate) assets to his compositors case that could be viewed as faults or desirable character traits. Some of his traits past develop into weaknesses by dint of the advancement of the novel. Okonkwo has a fear of weakness, a fear that stems from his commence-who was senseless and improvident. Unoka was thought of as a adversity and the laughing stock certificate because he was a loafer. He was actually poor and could unless support his married woman and kids. He would seize coin from differents and neer wear them abide; the people swore to neer lend him money a assimilate. Okonkwo was determined to gain bigger title of respects for himself and to pop off a to a greater extent powerful and wealthier man in venom of his fathers weakness. On the other hand, there is a conflict surrounded by the traditional rules of pronounce of Umuofia and the new customs brought by the whites. Okonkwo has to a greater extent weaknesses rather than strengths.\nOkonkwos father was truly unsuccessful and title less-this brought shame on Okonkwo from an premature age-so Okonkwo strived to be the inverse of his father in either possible way. By overcoming this shame brought by his father, at an early age, Okonkwo builds his home and write up as a wrestler and hard-working farmer. His efforts pay off as he becomes flush(p) through his crops and has terzetto wives. Okonkwo hid all of his emotions and replaced all of them with occasional bursts of see red to show his strength, and dominates his three wives and children by organism insensitive and imperative in order to show that he was manly. Okonkwo never showed whatever emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger. all over the years, Okonkwo became a real violent man. His sterling(prenominal) weakness was his longing for being a better man drove him towards success, and then(prenominal) eventua...'