Okonkwo's Decisions In Things Fall Apart
“Everyone must make decisions. They can be good or bad, and they may affect our own lives and those of people we know.” Okonkwo, the protagonist in the novel “Things Fall Apart”, written by Chinua Achebe, makes many drastic decisions that affect himself and all of those who surround him. Some of them are good and some of them he regrets The first drastic decision that Okonkwo made in this novel was, when he had killed his “adopted” son, Ikemefuna. Nothing positive had come from the killing of Ikemefuna, but the evidence that Okonkwo was so masculine and brave that he had the heart to kill his own son. As well there were many consequences that Okonkwo had to face after making this decision. Nwoye, Okonkwo’s real son had lost respect for him
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There were many consequences to this and was clearly a bad decision, Okonkwo was exiled from the land along with his family for seven years. This shows that Okonkwo knew it was a bad decision, he ran away from the crime scene and started packing to leave as as soon as he got there. Clearly, this was not a good decision to make, if Okonkwo had not brought such a faulty gun, he wouldn’t have had to spend seven years of his life away from the …show more content…
The first decision was, killing his adopted son Ikemefuna to prove his bravery, which resulted in his son, Nwoye to despise his father, and eventually converted to Christianity. This was a decision that he shouldn’t have made and was a drawback in his career. The second decision was, firing his gun at a fellow warrior’s funeral, if he hadn’t shot his gun, the boy wouldn’t have died. The death of the boy is what made Okonkwo leave Umuofia for seven years. Okonkwo had definitely regretted that decision, because he could’ve accomplished so much in that time, but had it wasted with his kinsmen. The last and final decision of his was killing the white man’s messenger, that doesn’t sound like much, comparing it to all the other people he killed, but this decision had influenced the commitment of his suicide. After killing the messenger Okonkwo felt prideful, due to the fact that he got the job done, but afterwards he realized that all of his reputation was gone, so he decided to kill himself. These are all of the important decisions that Okonkwo made that affected all of those who surround him, and
There were many consequences to this and was clearly a bad decision, Okonkwo was exiled from the land along with his family for seven years. This shows that Okonkwo knew it was a bad decision, he ran away from the crime scene and started packing to leave as as soon as he got there. Clearly, this was not a good decision to make, if Okonkwo had not brought such a faulty gun, he wouldn’t have had to spend seven years of his life away from the …show more content…
The first decision was, killing his adopted son Ikemefuna to prove his bravery, which resulted in his son, Nwoye to despise his father, and eventually converted to Christianity. This was a decision that he shouldn’t have made and was a drawback in his career. The second decision was, firing his gun at a fellow warrior’s funeral, if he hadn’t shot his gun, the boy wouldn’t have died. The death of the boy is what made Okonkwo leave Umuofia for seven years. Okonkwo had definitely regretted that decision, because he could’ve accomplished so much in that time, but had it wasted with his kinsmen. The last and final decision of his was killing the white man’s messenger, that doesn’t sound like much, comparing it to all the other people he killed, but this decision had influenced the commitment of his suicide. After killing the messenger Okonkwo felt prideful, due to the fact that he got the job done, but afterwards he realized that all of his reputation was gone, so he decided to kill himself. These are all of the important decisions that Okonkwo made that affected all of those who surround him, and