What was Okonkwo's weakness?

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2026-02-26 08:30

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Okonkwo suffered:

  • The shame of an agbala father.
  • The burden of having to take care of a young child from Mbaino.
  • The burden of his father's talking, grating on his nerves.
  • Having to discipline his children.
  • His wife Ojiugo's impudence when she did not take care of her responsibilities.
  • The shame of breaking the Week of Peace, including the curse the gods gave him.
  • Having to deal with stupid court cases as an egwugwu.
  • Many dead children.
  • Having to worry about his daughter's abduction by the Oracle.
  • Having to find his daughter Ezinma's iyi-uwa.
  • Having to cure his daughter Ezinma's iba.
  • Being unable to immediately marry his first love, Ekwefi, and watching her marry someone else.
  • The demolition of his compound.
  • Exile after accidentally shooting Ezeudu's son.
  • Great depression from being exiled.
  • Having his eldest son forsake his gods and convert to Christianity.
  • The knowledge that his sons would never be as manly as he was.
  • Anger at the white man for being jailed unjustly.
  • His head shaved.
  • The knowledge that his clan had been broken, fallen apart, and that they were no longer men of action.
  • Death.
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