In the very end Oknokwo became a abomination much like his father. This was completely ironic because Oknokwo spent his whole life trying to escape the shame of his father.
It is very ironic. Yet that constant devotion to being nothing like his father is exactly what led to his abomination. His "over-masculinity" was what caused all of the unfortunate events in his life that led him to suicide.
When he was cast out because he inadvertently killed a clansman he wasnt necessarily being overly masculine. But i do understand what ur saying and in some cases you are correct.
Good point! Now that connection with his father is even more understandable. Okonkwo worked so hard to not be like his father that he failed to realize he was actually similar in several ways, which is definitely ironic.
I definitely agree with all of you and I think this is a major point in the novel. Okonkwo was so afraid of being compared to his father that he went to extremes just to prove his masculinity, but in the end his excessively masculine behavior led him to kill himself, which was considered an abomination in his tribe.
I also agree. The ending of the book was definitely not what I was expecting. In the beginning, the differences between Okonkwo and his father were made very clear. However, as the book progressed, I noticed that Okonkwo seemed to be trying too hard. Everything that was happening in his life was setting up his suicide in the end.
In the end, the act of suicide does bring great disgrace to Okonkwo, but does every clansman believe that? When the messengers are picking up his hanging body, Obierika yelled at the men and blamed them for his disgraceful death. It is their religion to not be able to bury him, but I think that some of the men still believed he was a great man, and that he deserved a warrior's burial. And that he was a different and better man than his father.
Referring to Seth's comment, the men are not to blame for his death. Suicide is you committing the act. If the other men were to blame, they would have killed him. He obviously was a different man than his father, but it still brings back similar traits.
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It is very ironic. Yet that constant devotion to being nothing like his father is exactly what led to his abomination. His "over-masculinity" was what caused all of the unfortunate events in his life that led him to suicide.
When he was cast out because he inadvertently killed a clansman he wasnt necessarily being overly masculine. But i do understand what ur saying and in some cases you are correct.
Good point! Now that connection with his father is even more understandable. Okonkwo worked so hard to not be like his father that he failed to realize he was actually similar in several ways, which is definitely ironic.
I definitely agree with all of you and I think this is a major point in the novel. Okonkwo was so afraid of being compared to his father that he went to extremes just to prove his masculinity, but in the end his excessively masculine behavior led him to kill himself, which was considered an abomination in his tribe.
I also agree. The ending of the book was definitely not what I was expecting. In the beginning, the differences between Okonkwo and his father were made very clear. However, as the book progressed, I noticed that Okonkwo seemed to be trying too hard. Everything that was happening in his life was setting up his suicide in the end.
In the end, the act of suicide does bring great disgrace to Okonkwo, but does every clansman believe that? When the messengers are picking up his hanging body, Obierika yelled at the men and blamed them for his disgraceful death. It is their religion to not be able to bury him, but I think that some of the men still believed he was a great man, and that he deserved a warrior's burial. And that he was a different and better man than his father.
Referring to Seth's comment, the men are not to blame for his death. Suicide is you committing the act. If the other men were to blame, they would have killed him. He obviously was a different man than his father, but it still brings back similar traits.
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