entry 2
page of reflection:13
What is interesting about Okonkwo is that he acts to be cruel and very
masculine, for the reason that deep down he is driven by the fear of resembling
his father Unoke. Unoke being know through out the community as basically a
lazy bumb. For this reason Okonkwo rules his household with a heavy hand.
And because of this internal fear Okonwo is driven with a passion to hate
everything his father loved, which is absurd, because one of the things
his father loved is gentleness. Why might Okonkwo be driven with such great
passion, because of an incident that happened to Okonkwo in his childhood.
When he was young a playmate told him that his father was a agbala meaning
a man without a title; which is something shameful in there village of Umofia.
Ever since, that moment Okonkwo made sure he wouldn't end up like his
father Unoke.
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