Okonkwo was a man of acction, and could not stand to not do anything about the missionaries coming and taking everything he had ever known away from him. He has the understanding that he had to protect his family and everything that he built for himself. He differed from his father who brought disgrace to Okonkwo. Then he had the accident of killing a man and is banished for 7 years, and that seperated him from his clan majorly. When he finally comes back his once proud and strong clan has gone weak against the control of the missionaries.
Being seperated from his clan ment that he did not understand how much his clan feared war with the white men. Okonkwo's spirit was always ready to fight for what he believed but no one would support him. Finally at the meeting, when Okonkwo killed the messenger but not the second one, he knew everything was over and that he had no chance of starting and wining a fight with the white men. He was already seperated from his clan. He felt he had no other option of release from the power of the white men so he hung him self.
Being seperated from his clan ment that he did not understand how much his clan feared war with the white men. Okonkwo's spirit was always ready to fight for what he believed but no one would support him. Finally at the meeting, when Okonkwo killed the messenger but not the second one, he knew everything was over and that he had no chance of starting and wining a fight with the white men. He was already seperated from his clan. He felt he had no other option of release from the power of the white men so he hung him self.
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ReplyDeleteYou have set up a short essay nicely. Your first paragraph, however, mostly introduces your one idea: that O. is a man of action. You could develop the idea that O. is separated from his clan into its own paragraph. How is this separation more than just an exile? Why would this explain why he killed himself?