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Treating others unfairly to fufill your feeling of power/ masculinity 

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Treating others unfairly to fufill your feeling of power/ masculinity 

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In chapter 23 it states, “He had spoken violently to his clansmen when they had met him in the market place to decide on their action.” The feeling of treating the clansmen in a way gave Okonkwo power. He finally felt control over his village again.

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Being afraid that your family won’t expect you.

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Being afraid that your family won’t expect you.

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Nwoye fears that his father won’t like him being involved with the Christian church. He thinks about what would happen when he finds out. Okonkwo ends up not liking his decision and cuts off their relationship.

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Being selfish and taking matters into your own hands

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Being selfish and taking matters into your own hands

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Okonkwo wants to go to war because he feels like it’s the manly thing to do and it will show that masculinity is power. When Okonkwo gets angry with the white man in chapter 24, he takes out his weapon and kills him. He started to make things about himself and wanted his way.

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Distanting yourself from family members for unreasonable reasons

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Distanting yourself from family members for unreasonable reasons

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Okonkwo does not claim Nwoye as his son after he finds out that he is turning to the Christian chruch. He feels as if it’s non masculine of him to which religions. Okonkwo is being unreasonable to his son. If he chooses to change religions, then he should expect his decision no matter what because after all, he’s his oldest son.

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“Although Nwoye has been attracted to the neee faith form the very first day, he kept it a secret. He dared not to go too near the missionaries for the fear of his father.”
•Nwoye knows that if his father, Okonkwo, finds out that he was been with the Christians and expecting their religion, that he would feel like his masculinity has been taken away from him.

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“ He had just sent Okonkwo’s son, Nwoye, who was now called Isaac, to the new training college for teachers in Umuru. And he had hoped that Okonkwo would be happy to hear of it. But Okonkwo had driven him away with threat that if he came into his compound again, he would be carried out of it.”
• Nwoye tries to tell his father about his new success, but Okonkwo doesn’t want him near or to speak with him. He threatens him and tells him to never come get to his village.

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“If any one of you prefers to be a woman, let him follow Nwoye now while I am alive so that I can curse him”
•Okonkwo has disowned his son because he feels as if he’s not doing the masculine thing. They are now distant from each other and don’t claim one another. He now tells his other sons to follow him or they will be cursed and their necks will be snapped.

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“He had called the first child born in exile Nneka - “Mother is supreme” - out of politeness to his mother's kinsmen. But two years later when a son was born he called him Nwokfia- ‘Begotten in the Wilderness.’ “
• Okonkwo didn’t keep his word to the kinsmen by naming his child Nwokfia. He broke the promise he made with this mother’s people. This is a form of toxicity masculinity because Okonkwo is being selfish by not settling with the original name Nneka which gives power to the woman.