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Kwonko made things worse for himself and others around him

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pride and defiance of the gods.

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If you kill someone in the clan, you only weaken the power of the clan.

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"The clan was like a lizard, if it lost a tail it soon grew another” (Achebe 171).

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"The clan was like a lizard, if it lost a tail it soon grew another” (Achebe 171).

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This gives insight on how as soon as you apart of the clan you can be easily replaced.

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his titles no longer hold power and he wants to make the council go to war

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He thinks that everything will be restored when he returns from war.

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fear of failure, weak, feminine

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Kwonko's ambition was to be over all titles

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there are four titles within the clan

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in order to own a title you must buy it

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To become an egwugwu you must be a male and own a titile

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make up the court system in the ibo society

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the people in the masks are in charge of the Ibo society. They are called Egwugwu

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Ibo culture has no nobility- they go based off of your strengths

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Masculinity
Power

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Okwonko ended up committing suicide which shows he was weak in the first place.

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Okwonko is strong and respected because of him throwing that cat

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represents significance of Ikamafuna' s death

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okwonko did things that hurt himself and others around him

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he was not born into nobility but he built himself to have power

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One of his flaws is that he does not want to be seen as weak

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Onkonkwo is being reduced to inaction. He has no power to do anything. He privately has compassion and must project the image of power all the time

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“And so Tortoise ate the best part of the food and then drank two pots of palm-wine, so that he was full of food and drink and his body filled out in his shell” (Achebe 98).

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“And so Tortoise ate the best part of the food and then drank two pots of palm-wine, so that he was full of food and drink and his body filled out in his shell” (Achebe 98).

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The tortoise tricked the birds out of their food and this is an example of how Okonkwo makes problems for himself and others.

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" That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable and rotting yams." pg. 24 Yams was the main job for a man to do so not being able to do it made them miserable.

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"It was unheard of to beat somebody during the sacred week." p.g 30
The week of peace is when no one works they just praise the earth goddess. There was suppose to be no violence. Okonkwo was punished for beating hid youngest wife during the week of peace. The priest demands that Okonkwo sacrifice a nanny goat and a hen and pay a fine of one length of cloth and one hundred cowries.

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"Yam, the king of crops, was a mans crop" pg. 23 Crops were very important to the villagers. It was a sign of wealth and was a symbol of a provider, having some power.

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"with a father like Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had." pg.18 Okonkwo did not have the same advantages other normal young men had such as a wife and the things they had. But he still work towards setting the foundation for his future.