Okonkwo's Defiance In Things Fall Apart

Regarding his character, okonkwo’s final act was an act of defiance and of weakness. Okonkwo’s final showed defiance because he refused to accept that the christians were trying to change his people and they weren't doing anything to stop them,even when his clan did not agree to kill them or drive them away. It also shows defiance when okonkwo kills. The leader of a group of five court messenger with two strokes of his machete. Okonkwo’s overall character is based upon Fear and honor because he feared becoming like his father who was weak, he also cares about his honor for when he chose to defy the changes that were happening to his clan.

In chapter 25 the district commander goes to the village looking for okonkwo,when they arrived they can’t find him,so they ask the clan on his were abouts and they said he wasn’t there. Oberika leads them where okonkwo is, but as first the commissioner doesn’t understand but decides to go. When they reached a small bush behind okonkwo's compound they discover okonkwo's body dangling from a
The ibo culture does not take care of his burial because it’s against these custom and one of his men stated that it is an abomination for a man to take his own life and that it is an offence against the earth and a man who commits it will not be buried by his clansmen. That why the clansmen can not bury him because his body is evil and only outsiders can touch it. What all this tells us is that the ibo culture never really cared about okonkwo.

I feel that okonkwo is weak, okonkwo is weak because instead of accepting the change that was happening to his village he decided to change it through force. Okonkwo’s weakness lead to his downfall because in the end he decided to commit suicide. Okonkwo commits suicide because he of all the changes that was happening he believed that he wasn’t going to be needed