Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Opinions of Okonkwo

My opinion of Okonkwo is that he is somewhat selfish and has a bad temper. I think this because he has beaten his own family in the past out of his anger and selfishness. Although, I can see his hardworking self come through.
Okonkwo has beaten his third wife out of anger. He did this because she had gone out on a personal errand when she should have been making his dinner. Although this was somewhat selfish of her, Okonkwo had two other wives to feed and take are of him. Not only did she just beat his wife, he beat her during the Week of Peace. By doing this, he I believe that he might have learned his lesson because he then had to sacrifice items that were important to himself and his wealth.
Although I see Okonkwo has selfish and violent, he is also a hard worker. I believe this because Okonkwo took time to schedule a meeting with Nwakibie, the richest man in the village. Okonkwo asked Nwakibie to please spare him some yam seeds, which he ended up getting double for what he asked for. Okonkwo planted the seeds, but the weather failed him, and he lost all of this crops. When this was happening, Okonkwo tried everything to keep his crops from dying. This shows that he is hardworking.

1 comment:

Sugrstix said...

Haley, I really liked how you used specific examples from the book in this blog. You didn't just say what you thought, you told your opinion and then stated why you felt that way and then gave examples from the book. very nice chica!