'The Flaws of Okonkwo'

' tidy sum grapple with hero-worship at some point in their lives. Its that unalterable worry somewhat a certain(prenominal) something. It is kindred that intraradical conscience that wont stopover contradicting what one is infering, or like a constant blow that wont go a way. veneration can bulge in the way of accomplishwork forcets, and in the novel, Things blood line Apart by Chinua Achebe, concern is what keeps Okonkwo from his rock-steady fortune, which is his tragic flaw. The choices he makes are step forward of worry of be perceived as a visitation and weak. Okonkwos contract, Unoka, sprouts the seeds of reverence for Okonkwo. Unoka is looked bring d suffer in the mouth upon in his tribe for his laziness and Okonkwo feels ashamed, and he re on the wholey wants admire from the family. This motivates him to strive for success, riches and respect, unlike his father. Events such as Okonkwo whacking his wives, killing Ikemefuna and the whiteness messenge r come together with Okonkwo committing suicide. These horizontalts are impelled by fear.\nUnoka is the major influence on how Okonkwo developed in his childhood. The growing fear of cosmos looked down upon is a shinny for Okonkwo to deal with. Okonkwo did not have the graduation exercise in animation that many unsea watchworded men ordinarily have . but in nastiness of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his fathers life history to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. (16-18). Okonkwo does not have what all the other men arrested off with and is being laughed at as a result. He blames his father for his fear of failure at the beginning of his life.\nThe prime(prenominal) time Okonkwo makes a bad decisiveness is when he doesnt take an olders advice and kills Ikemefuna. He does it out of fear of what the other men in the group and in his clan will think if he doesnt kill him. When Ikemefuna joins Okonkwos family, Okonkwo never thinks that he will start to love Ikemefuna like one of his own children. Okonkwo was inwardly proud of(p) at his sons growth and he knew it was due(p) to Ikemefuna. He valued Nwoye to grow into a tough progeny man... '