Okonkwo: Overwhelmed By His Past

Part I of Essay
In the novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe depicts the life of a struggling man, Okonkwo, who is torn between misfortunes from the past, dealing with his father, Unoka, and his ambitions in the present. Struggling to lead his life according to his ambitions, Okonkwo ....

Part II of Essay
.... that he is one step closer to overcoming his fear of becoming like Unoka. This eventually develops to be his ultimate goal in life. As time progresses, he becomes obsessed with the concept of being different from his father, beginning his life having nothing. With a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had. . . . But in spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father’s lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into it li ....