"Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messengers escape. They had broken into tumult instead of action" (205; Ch. 24). Okonkwo was a man of great honor and many names, he threw Amalinze the Cat, he had two barns full of yams and three wives he was one of the most honored men of his village. Okonkwo could have become the greatest man in the history of Umuofia but his inability to adapt to the changing times destroyed him. Okonkwo hated his father's legacy and attempted to become everything his father was…
