Okonkwo is a failure to be flexible and tolerant of his communities when we link this to larger morals of conservative values the Igbo cultures suggest. In some sense, we can recall Okonkwo is symbolic of the greater Igbo society. His ‘Hyper-musicality’ and ‘pride’ to an extent we can we see this trait enlarge is where he has a perpetual fear of weakness as he acts as a negative advocate for this.
The major flaws of Okonkwo are where he poses and inability to conform to conform with the rest of the community and they seek potentially positive change. Concluding he is hyper-stubborn. In connection to Ikemefuna when he is killed by Okonkwo, his action went against everything he believed though it was worth it for him as it was worth defending his masculinity.
Another real idea or Morales is the hypocrisy in the context of the values of Igbo society is the element of pushing for equality amongst each other that is interested in a balance between religious and legal ideals.
I observe the only gender balance moment we see in the one involving the ‘Oracle of Agabla’ who against tradition was a female and that prompts us to rethink the values of balance that how this discrepancy is regarded throughout the novel. As males are traditionally more dominant and were “discouraged” form displaying traits that may yell to any weakness. In relation though to Okonkwo’s characterization where he wishes that his daughter would be born a daughter. This has an effect of tension that Okonkwo shamelessly suggests that he would not permit his sons to grow week and more feminine to reach a lack of obscene of his children like how Okonkwo’s relationship with this father. So, we can conclude so far that the major ideal of the Igbo life is symbolic of hypocrisy and continues to support Okonkwo’s ‘hyper-masculinity’.
Okonkwo represents opposing views of the Igbo society though mostly he is one of the main advocates for it and his notion is to continue to endorse it along with this strength and importance in the community to keep people staying Igbo and providing a wanting a lot less moment to go towards the new Christian moment advocated by the white missionaries. Okonkwo viewed this input from the white missionaries opposed a lot of Okonkwo warranted among the people, Achebe portrays him saw this weakness of Igbo society as things being to ‘fall apart’. This showed that without rules and regulations the Igbo people were wild, uncyclized form their own system that we recognize to be like the typical ‘play it by the ear’ play. In literature scene, this is still far from what we call barbaric rather we still describe it as a ‘chaotic mess’.
Okonkwo represents archetype as he presents himself as a tragic here with constant displays of ‘warning’ that signal whenever he opposes shown as stress build up in the character’s mind the effect of this creates tension towards sub-climaxes Achebe designs into the novel. This is often made by his fear of felinity that theme foreshadows his downfall and a result of his disability so sees things through multiple perspectives.
Because of all this Okonkwo encapsulates all the issues of Igbo society that once again source form his ignorance and his lack of ability to source different perspectives and be flexible as well as except changes that are occurring all around him. The morals of the text in the context of Nigeria attempting to break away from colonization where the tension becomes heated towards the Igbo people who do not defend their own past morals.
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