The main character of this novel desires to achieve more than Unoka, his father, who was a lazy drunkard. Thus, he considers his eldest son to be weak and cannot understand the advice of "mother is supreme" given after he is exiled for accidentally killing a boy. This novel's protagonist is at odds with the missionaries who come to Umuofia, and eventually kills a messenger, then hangs himself. He prefers both his daughter Ezinma and his adopted son Ikemefuna over Nwoye. FTP, name this novel in w
The main character of this novel desires to achieve more than Unoka, his father, who was a lazy drunkard. Thus, he considers his eldest son to be weak and cannot understand the advice of "mother is supreme" given after he is exiled for accidentally killing a boy. This novel's protagonist is at odds with the missionaries who come to Umuofia, and eventually kills a messenger, then hangs himself. He prefers both his daughter Ezinma and his adopted son Ikemefuna over Nwoye. FTP, name this novel in which Okonkwo's life ends badly, a work of Chinua Achebe.          |
The main character of this novel desires to achieve more than Unoka, his father, who was a lazy drunkard.
{Things Fall Apart}