Okonkwo's Story

Okonkwo's story is similar to the western tragedy and the tragic hero because in the

western tragedy it says how the main character has great importance not only culturally

but economically. Okonkwo is also well respected in his tribe and admired due to the

wrestling match he had with a bully of the tribe. The only thing from the western tragedy

is that onkonkwo didn't have a noble birth of childhood because his father was a failure

and owed the whole tribe money. The tragic fall okonkwo receives is the murder of

ikemefuna, he becomes depressed because he was involved in the young mans death.

Also at a funeral of a tribe member okonkwo kills young boy, which is a female crime in

this tribe. The consenquences