Okonkwo In Things Fall Apart

In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the character Okonkwo is a very rich man,and is well respected in his village. He achieves great social and financial success. Even though he beats up his wife during the week of peace people still don’t do anything to him because he is the best out of all of them. He in very nailed to their village religion and traditions.

In the final chapter Okonkwo unexpectedly hanged himself because he was overwhelmed of the pressure of the Commissioner, also because he beheaded one of their people so he knew they were going to go look for him and most likely kill him as well. Which did happen the district commissioner came looking for him and when the villagers took them to where he was they found him hanging from a tree. Meaning that their clansmen can not take care of the burial. Only stanger’s can touch his body and bury him because he took his own life away. They asked the commissioner if they could do it for then and they agreed. The clansmen can’t even take his body down from where he was hanging they have to get the commissioner to do it. It will be against their custom if they took him down themselves because his body is now evil. …show more content…
Which was one of his biggest fears being seen as a weak man but everything just crashed down on him leading to his death. He had accomplished so many great things and let it all go. He was also overwhelmed by the commissioners from Great Britain trying to change the way of their life styles. He find himself unable to adapt to the white man lifestyle that now live among them.Okonkwo realizes that he has become weak, no longer being able to function within his changing society. Even though he saw things getting hard he should of kept fighting because the people look up to him they would see if he could overcome this anyone could. Also because he worked so hard to get where he is just to throw it all away once

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