Although Okonkwo is without his father today, he is still influenced by the person he remembers very vividly, his father, causing him to do everything that Unoka would hate. Okonkwo, being very strong, did not see eye to eye with his lazy, greedy father. They were very much opposites. He was not proud of who his father was, and as a result of that, they both grew up very differently which shaped the way they became as adults. Since Unoka had an easy life, he grew up lazy and did not work hard. The background on him included the statement that “Unoka, the grown up, was a failure” (5). Okonkwo, however, has been a hard worker ever since childhood. At 18, “ he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat” (3), who was an undefeated