Resemblance

Like most in life, Okonkwo tried very hard to not be like his father, but, in my opinion, he managed to show that no matter what, you will always end up resembling your parents some way or another. Okonkwo grows up to be a strong young man who is the opposite if his father; for starters, he is successful and wealthy.  However, the years pass him by and his personality begins to change and his ability of containing emotions quivers.  In his later years, Unoka, Okonkwo’s father is portrayed as a failed man who lives a bohemian life, a vain life; he plays his flue and lives in a world of tranquility and calmness that doesn’t exist and will never exist. Like his father, Okonkwo lives his final years fighting for a loss cause and reminiscing about the days which will no longer again exist. In addition, like father, like son, the both die in a dishonorable way; Unoka dies of an awful illness and Okonkwo hangs himself. These ways to die in the Igbo society are illustrated as a disgrace and an offence to nature. Resembling your relatives is inevitable; one way or another, no matter how hard you fight it, genetically you will be almost exact replicas of your parents.