Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Although his dad was an unhonoured and a lazy man. Okonkwo ,the son of Unoka , has managed to become an influential clan leader in Umofia. Since his childhood Okokwo was always embarrassed of his dad. To begin with, Unoka was a lazy man, he left all his farming for the last minute; moreover, he was a profligate and a spendthrift, he borrowed money from his clansmen and never returned them back .Furthermore, he was soft and liked music also he feared the sight of blood; therefore, he never became a warrior. Due to his irresponsible habit, Unoka was poor and didn’t have an obi or a farm to support himself which meant that his wife and children had barely enough to eat which implied Unoka was incapable of taking care of his family, that task was considered the most important for the father of a family .
Although Unoka was lazy, he still had something that Okonkwo did not have, gentleness, a feminine trait that Okonkwo hated . Unlike his father okonkwo was productive and hardworking. As he can not count on his dad's help in building his own wealth he had to work hard to make up for his father's negative strikes against him. He asked Nwaikibie, a rich man, to give him 400 seed yams to start a farm and because Nwaikibie admired his hardworking habit he gave him double what he asked. Due to his persevering habit Okonkwo became quite wealthy and supported 3 women and 8 children, he also gave each woman her own hut and had his own obi. Furthermore Okonkwo was violent and ruled his house wih fear and a heavy hand. He frequently beated his family members for several reasons that were irrelevant for him, for example he assaulted his youngest wife for being negligible as she went to do her hair and didn’t prepare dinner. Moreover, he birched his oldest son Nwoye as he found him