How Does Okonkwo's Change In Things Fall Apart

Have you ever been told the way you've done things is all wrong? Well that's how Okonkwo felt through exile. Okonkwo way to handle situations changed because of colonization, and because of it he wasn't the man he used to be nor his tribe. Okonkwo is changed in many ways just of which define him as a person.

Before colonization Okonkwo is a dedicated tribesmen who puts all his hard work into earning his titles and manliness. The narrator states, “He was a man of action, a man of war… on great occasions such as the funeral of a village celebrity he drank his palm-wine from his first human head” (10). This quote shows the intensity of Okonkwo’s dedication towards fighting for his tribe and earning a title for himself on the fields of war. On the other hand Okonkwo had a deep hidden emotion according to Achebe, “Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of

Okonkwo expresses his view on their domination towards the igbo people by saying, “until the abominable gang was chased out the village with whips there would be no peace” (158). Okonkwo here is expressing what they should do for the clan to protect themselves from the colonists and have action, and because of his mainly personality his role starts to come back into the Igbo after 7 years of exile. Okonkwo reached a point were he has total hate toward the white people and christianity which means he is willing to disown his own son Nwoye by stating, “If any one of you prefers to be a woman, let him follow Nwoye now while I am alive so that I can curse him” (172). The reason for Okonkwo choice of wording is because he feels that his son betrayed him for the cause he hates