Thoughts about Okonkwo

My thoughts on Okonkwo are that I think he is rude. He is rude, because he beat his wife because she got a couple of leafs off of the banana tree. He hit Nwoye because he was crying and Okonkwo doesn’t think that a man should cry. I also don’t like him because he wants to be the complete opposite of his father. He thinks that he has to be manly so that his people will not think that he is weak. An example of him that shows that he doesn’t want to be weak was when he killed Ikefuma. He was told not to kill Ikefuma, because he was considered a father. “That boy calls you father. Do not bear a hand in his death.” (57) HE thought that if he didn’t kill his son, he would be considered weak and that was the last thing he wanted to be known as. “Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak.” (57) He does not want to be thought of being lazy either so he is always working and ordering people around. I think Okonkwo doesn’t mean to be mean, he just doesn’t want to end up like his father so he treats everyone like they are not as important.