When that began to change, he started to lose a sense of who he was. Okonkwo’s character is very stubborn and violent by nature, so it makes seeing his reaction to conflicts interesting. Okonkwo’s realization that there was change happening began with his son, Nwoye. Nwoye was a child that challenged Okonkwo’s idea of normal the minute he was old enough to participate in the manly things his father thought he should be doing. Okonkwo often berated his son for acting childish and like a girl, such as when they were preparing the yams for the next growing season. “You think you are still a child. I began to own a farm at your age. … I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan. I would sooner strangle him with my own hands.” (32-33, Achebe). Nwoye’s incompetence in farming set off alarms in Okonkwo’s head because he showed signs
When that began to change, he started to lose a sense of who he was. Okonkwo’s character is very stubborn and violent by nature, so it makes seeing his reaction to conflicts interesting. Okonkwo’s realization that there was change happening began with his son, Nwoye. Nwoye was a child that challenged Okonkwo’s idea of normal the minute he was old enough to participate in the manly things his father thought he should be doing. Okonkwo often berated his son for acting childish and like a girl, such as when they were preparing the yams for the next growing season. “You think you are still a child. I began to own a farm at your age. … I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan. I would sooner strangle him with my own hands.” (32-33, Achebe). Nwoye’s incompetence in farming set off alarms in Okonkwo’s head because he showed signs