Why does okoye visit unoka

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Traditions In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart There is a disagreement between Okonkwo and his father, as their differing outlooks on life are completely different. Okonkwo A Dynamic Character Father and son relationships are very complicated and complex is a theme that is pushed through this character.

Shuffle Toggle On. Card Range To Study through. How does 18 year old Okonkwo bring honor to his village? Throws Amalinze the cat beat him at wrestling. He would use his fists. His father is lazy and improvident, incapable of thinking about tomorrow and he is a drunk. When he drinks or when he plays his flute. Why does Unoka's neighbor okoye visit him? Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time? He has a lot of achievements, 3 wives, works hard.

Flashing back to when Unoka was alive, we see a telling scene. Okoye goes through a long-winded, stylized discourse which is a polite way of asking Unoka to pay back the loan of cowries he borrowed from Okoye. Unoka laughs at Okoye and points at his wall, on which he has marked down all his debts.

He owes a lot of people a lot of money. The flashback ends. Unoka died in debt, which is why Okonkwo is ashamed of him. Okonkwo, unlike his father, established himself as a rich successful yam farmer with three wives and two tribal titles.

Okonkwo is a respected leader within the Igbo formerly spelled Ibo community of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. About twenty years ago, Okonkwo distinguished himself and brought honor to his village when he wrestled and threw to the ground Amalinze the Cat, a man who had not been defeated for seven years.

Since then, Okonkwo's reputation as a wrestler has grown throughout the nine villages of Umuofia. He is known to be quickly angered, especially when dealing with unsuccessful men like his father, who died ten years ago deeply in debt. Because of Unoka's laziness and wastefulness, the community had considered him a failure and laughingstock; he was a continual source of deep shame to Okonkwo.

Even though he had a family to care for, Unoka frequently borrowed money and then squandered it on palm-wine and merrymaking with his neighbors, thus neglecting his family who barely had enough to eat. The story is told about the day, years ago, when Unoka was visited by Okoye, a successful neighbor.

After the traditional ceremonial courtesies and small talk, Okoye asked Unoka for the two hundred cowries that Unoka had borrowed two years earlier. Okoye needed the money for the ceremony in which he would purchase the third highest title of honor. Unoka burst into laughter and pointed to the wall on which he recorded his debts. He told Okoye that tradition required him to repay his largest debts before repaying small ones like his debt to Okoye.

Okoye left without his money. Despite his father's shameful reputation, Okonkwo is now highly respected in Umuofia, which honors individual achievement rather than family heritage. Still a young man in his thirties, Okonkwo has become a wealthy farmer of yams — a sacred crop — and supports three wives, a significant indicator of wealth and "manliness. Because Okonkwo is honored as one of the greatest men in his community, he will be asked to look after a young man who will be given as a peace offering to Umuofia by the neighboring village of Mbaino, which hopes to avoid war with Umuofia.

He has come to collect palm wine from Okonkwo. He is attempting to create peace with an act of diplomacy. None of the these.

What part of his body does Okoye paint while he is waiting on Unoka to break the kola nut? He paints his toe. He paints his chest. He paints his face. The main character of the story is named. Things Fall Apart was written by? What are two things the main character has done to keep his own reputation safe?