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"perhaps down in his heart Owonkow was not a cruel man,But his whole life was dominated by fear the fear of failure and of weakness."

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"He was tall and huge, and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look."

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"He was in fact a coward and could not bear the sights of blood"

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"But Unoka was such a man that he always succeeded in borrowing more, and piling up his debts"

This shows unoka was dependent on others

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"If any money came his way, and it seldom did, he immediately bought gourds of palm-wine, called round his neighbors and made merry."

Unoka indulges in his pleasures as soon as he gets the funds to, despite having debt and a family to support. This shows that he prioritizes his own happiness over his family’s and doesn’t care about his reputation.

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"It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father"

This shows that Okonkwo's life was controlled by fear. Fear that he will become his father if he were to relax for a moment. This also shows that Okonkwo hated his father so much so that he feared of becoming him.

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"'You, Unoka are known in all the clan for the weakness of your machete and your hoe.'" The author continues to emphasize that Unoka is not a strong man.

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“And so when Okonkwo of Umuofia arrived at Mbaino as the proud and imperious emissary of war, he was treated with great honor and respect, and two days later he returned home with a lad of fifteen and a young virgin.”

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"..., Nwoye, was then twelve years old but was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient laziness."

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“Unoka was an ill-fated man. He had had a bad chi or personal god, and evil fortune followed him to the grave, or rather to his death, for he had no grave.”

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" Unoka prayed to their ancestors for life and health, and for the protection against their enemies."

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"...he sought to correct him by constant nagging and beating. And so Nwoye was developing into a sad faced youth".

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"And so Onkonkwo was ruled by one passion-to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved."

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"Unoka had a sense of dramatic and so he allowed a pause , in which he took a pinch of snuff and sneezed noisily,"

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"In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quote incapable of thinking about tomorrow."

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"When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he was going to pounce on somebody. And he did pounce on people quite often."

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"With a father like, Unoka, Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men had. He neither inherited a barn nor a title, nor even a young wife." Okonkwo is characterized to have grown up poor.

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"But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness"

Okonkwo's biggest weakness is fear of failure

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"And indeed he was possessed by the fear of his father's contemptible life and shameful death."

Okonkwo shows a strong disdain for his father’s financial failures and overall lack of masculinity and uses him as an example of what not to be. This fear of becoming like his father drives him to accumulate wealth and maintain a respectable social status.

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"he laughed loud and long and his voice rang out clear as the ogene , and tears stood in his eyes.

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"As for the boy himself, he was terribly afraid, He could not understand what was happening to him or what he had done."

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"He was tall but very thin and had a slight stoop."

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"In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow."

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"At first Ikernefuna was very much afraid. Once or twice he tried to run away, but he did not know where to begin."

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"Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo
was not a cruet man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the
fear of failure and of weakness"

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"Okonkwo never showed any emotion, unless it be the emotion of anger."

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"Okonkwo was still young, he was already one of the greatest men of his time "

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"He was by nature a very lively boy and he gradually became popular in Okonkwo's household, especially with the children"

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"Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger. To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength."

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"Unoka was an ill-fated man. He had a bad chi or personal god, and evil fortune followed him to the grave, or rather to his death, for he had no grave"

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He's happy when talking about music.

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"Unoka was never happy when it came to wars. He was in fact a coward and could not bear the sight of blood. And so he changed the subject and talked about music, and his face beamed."

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He had become wholly absorbed into his new family

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" He was ill for 3 market weeks, and when he recovered he seemed to overcome his great fear and sadness. "

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"As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat... "

he was wrestling with a wrestler named Amalinze and showed that he was strong/ beaten the uindefeated.

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"Do what you are told, woman. When did you become one of the ndichie of Umuofia."

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"He knew the names of all the birds and could set clever traps for the little bush rodents. And he knew which trees made the strongest bows"

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"I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan. I would sooner strangle him with my own hands."

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"He was very good on his flute, and his happiest moments were the two or three moons after the harvest when the village musicians brought down their instruments, hung above the fireplace. "

Unoka is musically talented and is a great flute player.

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"That seemed the most likely reason, and he was not afraid of war. He was a man of action, a man of war."

Okonkwo is a man who is fearless and driven in his pursuit of war and to protect his village.