n become more manly by becoming close to another boy. He has a similar attitude towards is daughter Ezinma. Again and again, he wishes that she were a boy. This shows his hatred of women, and his repulsion with female sexuality. He would like her to be another male, and a part of his homosexual world.Okonkwo's sexuality also explains his favorite criticism of Ibo society. When members of his tribe convert to Christianity, he considers them "unmanly." When the tribe does not take forceful action to expel the Christians, Okonkwo condemns them as effeminate. In psychological terms, he wants the tribe to do what he has done himself: to suppress homosexual impulses. His rage stems from the fact that he has done this himself, at a considerable cost, but they will not do the same. (Of course, Christianity is not evidence of homosexuality; Okonkwo is "projecting" his fears onto the community.)In the end, then, Things Fall Apart may seem like a straightforward condemnation of imperialism and exploitation., It is, however, far more complex than that: it is an examination of the impossibility of normal homosexual functioning in a conservative and homophobic tribal society....
