In the Ibo’s culture, we see that Okonkwo is conveyed as a strong and violent person. Okonkwo mainly focuses on the idea of not losing his sense of manliness to not be seen as a weak person. This allows us to view Okonkwo’s growth that has expanded throughout the story, “Things Fall Apart.” Okonkwo is responsible for destroying the Ibo’s culture based on the action he commit which gives him courage to have more power in himself. Just like Okonkwo’s pride allowed him to disrespect his cultural surroundings. This led to Okonkwo’s need to killing his own people. As well as disobeying the gods for self-gratification. Okonkwo’s satisfaction led to his behavior of disrespecting his cultural society. He changed the Ibo’s culture in a negative way since he always felt good about himself when he showed no sign of weakness which explains why Okonkwo doesn’t want to be like his father. For instance, Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna due to a prophecy. Another example was when Okonkwo abused his wife during the week of peace and he disobeyed his Chi. Therefore, Okonkwo is not a good …show more content…
He didn’t want to be in the lower class of the Ibo’s cultures since he always viewed himself as an adamant and violent person. One representation of this was when Okonkwo disrespected the white men of the missionary because of how they were converting people to Christianity. Consequently, Okonkwo didn’t accept things when they were out of order which creates him to be an organized person in such a way. Furthermore, Okonkwo saw Nwoye as a delicate person based on the way he acts and the fact that he had mixed emotion. For that reason, Okonkwo actually related Nwoye with his father since they both were in a lower status than him. This would connect back to Okonkwo having too much pride in himself because he made careless decisions in the Ibo’s culture and always liked to be the leader of the