Okonkwo

Okonkwo views hard work as a masculine trait. He works hard and insists that all those around him have the same work ethic. He sees masculinity as a trait that overpowers all and that is the key to success, unlike his father . Okonkwo's father, Unoka, was a lazy and wasteful man. He often borrowed money and then squandered it on palm-wine and merrymaking with friends. Consequently, his wife and children often went hungry. Within the community, Unoka was considered a failure and a laughingstock. He was referred to as agbala, one who resembles the weakness of a woman and has no property..Throughout the course of the book, Okonkwo is haunted by the actions of Unoka, his cowardly and spendthrift father, who died in disrepute, leaving many village