Things Fall Apart

        The beginning of the novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe was pretty boring, but it did inroduce some interesting characters. One part that stood out to me was when Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna was Okonkwo's adopted child and he was the son that he has always wanted.Okonkwo's eldest son, Nwoye, seemed too much like his mother and he was considered weak. Ikemefuna was hard working, and was like a role model to Nwoye, making Okonkwo admire him. The fact that Okonkwo killed him to avoid being seen as weak shocks me. He is so insecure about his manliness that he decides to kill his own adopted son who felt like a real son to him just to prove that he isn't weak. This shows Okonkwo's main weakness: being seen as weak by others.