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Okonkwo In Things Fall Apart

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Things Fall Apart Okonkwo, the main protagonist in Things Fall Apart, is a well-respected leader within the Iblo community of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. On the contrary, his father Unoka was a terribly poor man. He was considered a failure and is quite the opposite of his son. By being a ruler, Okonkwo is able to act like the man his father never truly was. As ruler, Okonkwo becomes a controlling figure to his family where he puts his reign of power to negative use. Over time, Okonkwo becomes so abusive that he even violates the Week of Peace since he began to beat his wife Ojiugo for forgetting to do certain tasks. After this deed, Okonkwo not only broke his villages tradition, but also implies that he is above the rules. As a ruler,
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