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“The white man whose power you know too well has ordered this meeting to stop. In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete. The messenger crouched to avoid the blow. It was useless. Okonkwo’s machete descended twice and the man’s head lay beside his uniformed body.”

The White man has the power over Okonkwo, but Okonkwo couldn’t stand having someone have more power than him talking away all the names he has made for himself so he killed the White man.

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“Okudo sang a war song in a way that no other man could. He was not a fighter, but his voice turned every man into a lion.”

Okudo’s words through song were so powerful, he wanted to put courage into the minds of the men for war.

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This picture shows how Okonkwo hanged himself because he was all alone in his beliefs, for no one would follow him.

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This picture tells you that even though Okonkwo was Big, Masculine, and a strong warrior, he still got scared at the sight of being alone in the thought of battle.

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“Worthy men are no more,”

Okonkwo thinks that the Umuofia people who won’t fight the holy war against the Christians are considered weak to the point of womanliness.

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“The greatest obstacle in Umuofia,” Okonkwo thought bitterly, “is that coward, Egonwanne. His sweet tongue can change fire into cold ash. When he speaks he moves our men to impotence. If they had ignored his womanish wisdom five days ago, we would not have come to this.”

Okonkwo is saying how Egonwanne’s words were so sweet and graceful that he talked in a womanish fashion, but if the men hadn’t listened to his words they wouldn’t have gotten to where they are today.

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“Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.”

The Author compares Okonkwo to Fire. Saying that Okonkwo’s beliefs are starting to go cold against everyone else’s beliefs. Okonkwo is starting to feel alone and abandoned to where he may just go cold and die, turning him to ash.

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“Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messengers escape. They had broken into tumult instead of action. He discerned fright in that tumult. He heard voices asking: 'Why did he do it?'"

Okonkwo realized that everyone’s beliefs had changed to what the White man wanted.

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Men do the Fighting and are meant to be tough.

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Women are only for Men's use for whatever they want and desire.

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Men do the farming and all the Outdoor Work.

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Men are the Stronger, More superior being. You are not a Man if you are not Strong.

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This picture represents how Men did all the Hard Labor and go get wood, etc.

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“Sit like a woman!” Okonkwo shouted at her. Ezinma brought her two legs together and stretched them in front of her.”

Women must stay to their stereotypical religious selves and always listen to men....who are the high power

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“That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the children.”

They believe that dominance runs in everything, even sex. So the Male should always be on top, never the women.

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“It was only this morning,” said Obierika “that Okonkwo and I were talking about Abame and Aninta, where titled men climb trees and pound foo-foo for their wives.”

Men go out and get the food for women and children for that is a Man’s job.

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“Let us not reason like cowards,” said Okonkwo. “If a man comes into my hut and defecates on the floor, what do I do? Do I shut my eyes? No! I take a stick and break his head. That is what a man does.“

This is proving that Okonkwo would stand up for himself and fight someone in any situation because that’s what a “man” does.

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“Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. Amalinze was the great wrestler who for seven years was unbeaten, from Umuofia to Mbaino.” (1.1)

Okonkwo gains respect for himself and his village by proving his manliness through fighting and throwing Cat.