Okonkwo's Characters In Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe wrote the novel, Things Fall Apart, which represents a life of an African man named Okonkwo, who lives in the village of Ibo in Nigeria. Instantly, meeting Okonkwo was during his wrestling fight against Amalinze the Cat, who was undefeated for seven years. This wrestling match is how Okonkwo became recognized, respected and famous throughout the villages. This was always his goal since his father put so much shame on his family as he grew old. His father, Unoka, was a musician when he was young, but then grew into a man that did not care for any responsibilities and died in debt. Okonkwo is a very intimating man who takes great pride in his reputation. Okonkwo has three wives and eight children, who are all greatly afraid of him because he runs his family with an iron fist as Achebe described

Soon the missionaries also arrived to Mbanta and the men here do not listen to them speak; only Okonkwo does because he believes that they must be insane to believe that his Gods are false. When Okonkwo’s cousin Amikwu witnessed Nwoye at the Christian church, Okonkwo was enraged. Once Nwoye returned him Okonkwo grab his neck and began to choke him, demanding to know where he was. After he was finished beating his son, Nwoye decided to leave and never return. He confided in a missionary Mr. Kiaga telling him that he has not decided to return to Umuofia and attend the Christian school to learn to read and write. Okonkwo looked at his son as woman like, who resembled his grandfather greatly. At first the people of Mbanta and the Christians could live in peace together because the Christians were looked at as harmless. It was not until the Christians allowed the Igbo outcasts into their church, which really angered the clan. Okonkwo wanted to act out against the Christians in violence, but the people of Mbanta decided against that by making the Christians an