Okonkwo’s strong reputation and respect in the community has made him a bit cocky. He has a feeling of arrogance and has little pity for those less fortunate or competent than himself. This is due to his pride and manly image. Okonkwo’s memory of his father ultimately shaped him into the man he was in the story. His father was unmotivated and a poor provider for his family. Okonkwo's determination to not be like his dad helps him succeed, but it also is responsible for his sad downfall. His anger and violence causes him to commit acts that hurt his reputation. The more he achieves, the less he enjoys it because his fear of failure always following him, causes Okonkwo to continually prove himself to be better than his father. He becomes so obsessed with outdoing his father that he does anything to prove he was more of a man; “With a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had. He neither inherited a barn nor a title, nor even a young wife. But in spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father’s lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into it like one possessed. And indeed he was
Okonkwo’s strong reputation and respect in the community has made him a bit cocky. He has a feeling of arrogance and has little pity for those less fortunate or competent than himself. This is due to his pride and manly image. Okonkwo’s memory of his father ultimately shaped him into the man he was in the story. His father was unmotivated and a poor provider for his family. Okonkwo's determination to not be like his dad helps him succeed, but it also is responsible for his sad downfall. His anger and violence causes him to commit acts that hurt his reputation. The more he achieves, the less he enjoys it because his fear of failure always following him, causes Okonkwo to continually prove himself to be better than his father. He becomes so obsessed with outdoing his father that he does anything to prove he was more of a man; “With a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had. He neither inherited a barn nor a title, nor even a young wife. But in spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father’s lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into it like one possessed. And indeed he was