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Societys Destruction of Okonkwo

hat Okonkwo was faced with inspired him into taking his own life. Okonkwo attempted to provoke a war with the white men both when he spoke up in the tribal meetings and then when he lashed out and killed a messenger of the white men. Okonkwo did this thinking the other tribal men would be behind him. He believed the act would lead to the war with the white men he had been hungering for. But after killing the messenger, Okonkwo immediately knew that he would be alone in his fight. Okonkwo was fully prepared for all out war. But this was as a warrior for Umofia with all the other warriors of Umofia. Failure is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone. When Okonkwo finally knew that he was indeed alone in his wish for war and in his idea of Umofia still a powerful place. Okonkwo failing alone was the final crushing blow for a once proud man and warrior.Throughout the story, you came to believe that Okonkwo could indeed survive any hardship society threw at him. He had overcame his meager beginnings, the reputation of his lazy father, the one extremely harsh harvest, having to kill the young boy who called him father, the constant worry of losing Ezinma, being exiled from Umofia for the accidental killing of the young boy, and then having his own son leave home and convert to the white mans religion and way of life. Despite all these trials and tribulations, Okonkwo was fueled by his intense pride and the intense pride he had for Umofia and the tribal way of life. This was what Okonkwo clung to as the steadying force in his life. It was when he finally became aware that the way of life he so cherished was gone, that he gave up and took his own life.The very fact that Okonkwo took his own life underlines the loss of faith and hope he arrived at. The end of the book explains that it is an abomination of a man to take his own life. It is against our custom. It is an abomination for a man to take his own life. It is ...

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