Okonkwo is someone who is very commanding, wanting everything to go his way. His quality of being very commanding though came from his insecurities as a child. Throughout his childhood his father was known as a failure throughout the village, thus making Okonkwo want to be nothing like him. These insecurities and thrive to be perfect makes Okonkwo's outward appearances seem very commanding, ferocious, ruthless, etc... Throughout the book, we can see two sides of Okonkwo. One side is the commanding, ferocious, ruthless side, the other is the caring, understanding, insecure, and faithful side. While reading the book you can definitely see the conflict between these two sides of him. Overall on the outside Okonkwo is very powerful and ferocious on the inside though he is insecure and understanding.
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