Okonkwo

From the beginning of the text Okonkwo (pronounced Oh-Konk-Kwoh) is set up as the antithesis of his father Unoka. Where we see Unoka as outwardly driven and communal but also lazy and averse to manual labour, Okonkwo is inwardly driven and isolationist but also extremely hard working and constantly desiring progression. This dichotomy is set up to juxtapose one another and show the two paths men in Umuofia can take, but ironically, both men fail for the same reason.