... on more than one occasion derides his son for being weak: enjoying his mother's stories as opposed to the men's: "he told them stories of the land "masculine stories of violence and bloodshed. Nwoye knew it was right to be masculine and to be violent, but somehow he still preferred the stories his mother used to tell"" (pp. 37-38). Resembling his grandfather too much as we see ... , specifically because he is beginning to resemble Okonkwo's father. Perhaps Okonkwo's most defining moment is when he is asked to kill his adopted son, Ikemefuna: "He heard Ikemefuna cry, "My father, they have...

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