![]() ![]() He is quick to anger, especially when dealing with men who are weak, lazy debtors like his father. Throughout his life, he wages a never ending battle for status his life is dominated by the fear of weakness and failure. ![]() ![]() He has three wives and many children who live in huts on his compound. Okonkwo is renowned as a wrestler, a fierce warrior, and a successful farmer of yams (a "manly" crop). Achebe describes him as "tall and huge" with "bushy eyebrows and wide nose him a very severe look." When Okonkwo walks, his heels barely touch the ground, like he walks on springs, "as if he going to pounce on somebody." Okonkwo "stammers slightly" and his breathing is heavy. In his thirties, Okonkwo is a leader of the Igbo community of Umuofia. Okonkwo's tragic flaw is his fear of weakness and failure. A tragic hero holds a position of power and prestige, chooses his course of action, possesses a tragic flaw, and gains awareness of circumstances that lead to his fall. The protagonist of Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is also considered a tragic hero. ![]()
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