Okonkwo In Things Fall Apart

In things fall apart the author Chinua Achebe talks in first person about Okonkwo that he is so powerful and passionate about a lot of things. Okonkwo is a very influential leader is his “umuofia” clan. He has a made a very high name for himself and everybody recognizes his achievements. Okonkwo did this because of his lazy and squandering father, Unoka, and this has what driven him to succeed. In “Things Fall Apart” the author really focuses on a lot of points but one major point he put pressure on is that hard work pays off.

Okonkwo had done a lot of things for his clan. He teaches the same thing to his kids. When Okonkwo was a kid, his father went to consult Agbala. His father told the women chika everything about what he does when he grows the crops on his field. The women chika told him to go home and work like a man. Okonkwo was not there but surely he got the message somehow and he demonstrated that sentence in his life. He did everything he could do better than his father. He didn’t like when anyone brought up “Unoka’s” name. That name would derive him to do better, work better, and work hard every single day.
He is lazy and weak and does not do anything. Okonkwo believes he is going to be like his grandfather so he continuously beats him. By giving him a whooping, Nwoye starts to become tough and Okonkwo is happy to see the change. In chapter three “Things Fall Apart” the author talks about is hard work, and he also says that by working hard you get more opportunities, and those opportunities come and they stay with you if you keep up the hard