Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Is Okonkwo a Good Father?
Throughout the book, Okonkwo is shown as an uncaring and brutal man, and only brief flashes of concern and tenderness are shown. He considers these traits as weakness, and tries his hardest to put up a hard and uncaring, "manly" facade. Do you think this affects his ability to be a good father/husband? How so? if not, why?
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I think Okonkwo is shown to be a normal man throughout the book and not to be uncaring and brutal. Yes, in our society he would show extremely radical behavior but if you take in his enviornment and the culture he is a normal person; doing the things a normal man is expected to do. He is almost an idol to his villagers for the very fact that he controls his women, children, and his enemies so greatly through fear. I don't think this "manly" facade affects his ability to be a good father/husband. Okonkwo feeds his family, he shelters his family, and he protects his family, but not only that, he loves his family. When Okonkwo was still a boy "he had begun in his father's lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future" (18 Achebe). Okonkwo wanted nothing short of happiness and prosperity for his children and he sought to do everything and anything to achieve that for them. To me,Okonkwo's "manly facade" had no affect on his abilites ot be a good father/husband and when you compare him to other men in his village or culture he is nothing short of a role model.
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I think Okonkwo is shown to be a normal man throughout the book and not to be uncaring and brutal. Yes, in our society he would show extremely radical behavior but if you take in his enviornment and the culture he is a normal person; doing the things a normal man is expected to do. He is almost an idol to his villagers for the very fact that he controls his women, children, and his enemies so greatly through fear. I don't think this "manly" facade affects his ability to be a good father/husband. Okonkwo feeds his family, he shelters his family, and he protects his family, but not only that, he loves his family. When Okonkwo was still a boy "he had begun in his father's lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future" (18 Achebe). Okonkwo wanted nothing short of happiness and prosperity for his children and he sought to do everything and anything to achieve that for them. To me,Okonkwo's "manly facade" had no affect on his abilites ot be a good father/husband and when you compare him to other men in his village or culture he is nothing short of a role model.
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