Father and Son

After reading Things Fall Apart chapter three, I noticed how the author emphasizes on the relationship between the father and son. I think the author wanted to let the readers see how the relationships of the main character deeply affected his later characteristics. The author spent many parts of the story dedicating to Unoka, the father of Okonkwo. By looking at the relationship between Unoka and Okonkwo, the readers can understand the reason behind Okonkwo’s hard and tough personality. As the story move on, the author also began to focus on the boy Ikemefuna, who is slowly becoming a son-like character to Okonkwo. The author probably wanted to emphasize on his role because Okonkwo seemed to favor Ikemefuna over his own children. From what I’ve read so far, I predict that Ikemefuna will be very affective towards Okonkwo’s personality. This may bring changes to Okonkwo and alter his views about things.