Unoka Character Analysis
Posted by michellex3 , Monday, March 19, 2012 5:42 PM
Okonkwo is a very big part of the story. But, he is portrayed as the
character he is because of his past. His father formed the person he is and
changed his perception about what his life should be like. His fathers name is
Unoka. He is described as person who is lazy and laidback. He never did any
hard labor and always borrowed from neighbors in order to feed his family. He
had a great many debts. When Okonkwo was bothered at school because his father
had no title, he realized then that he wanted to be everything his father was
not. His father died with no title to his name and was not respected by anyone
in the village. His own son or family didn’t respect him because they were on
the brink of poverty. Unoka went to see the village oracle and she even told
him that he was being lazy and it was pointless to plant seeds on soil that wouldn’t
produce results. Even after hearing that Unoka continued living the lifestyle
the way he did because he was good with words and managed to always have
someone around to borrow from. Okonkwo then continues his story on how seeing
everything his father put them through affected him a lot. His father was a
very compassionate and caring person and because Okonkwo wanted to hate
everything his father was, he became into a cold and very strict person with
his own family. But at least he got to overcome his fears of becoming his
father and he was considered wealthy and even had two titles and three wives,
which was considered being wealthy.
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