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Lol. Okonkwo character projected Achebe as the master story teller. You feel as if you've seen Okonkwo and interacted with him at some point. You hate him for killing Ikemefuna,yet feel pity for him when he lost all the prestige and recognition he laboured for after the unintentional killing of that young man during burial. You hate the bully he was yet love the warrior in him as he challenges the invasion of our culture by the white missionaries. All his life he tried his best to say "yes to his chi" but his chi simply said "no" as he couldn't even receive a burial worthy of a man of his status because he committed suicide. Obierika's out burst to the white man as his friend's body dangle from the tree captured it all.

Yeah..he was more like an average person with both good and bad sides than a "character"... thats what made our journey with him more interesting