Okonkwo's Obituary

The Death of Okonkwo

The legend who built his life from the ground up dies a tragic death ending his once successful and aspiring life. 

by. Abbie McQue

Earlier today a NEWS FLASH was released stating the death of a Christian messenger being killed

in cold blood by the known to be violent man Okonkwo. It is only just recently that his death has

been reported soon after him killing this messenger. Okonkwo death was a suicide, which was

probably motivated by his murder earlier that day. As also recently reported, Okonkwo already

suffered a humiliating three days in captivity to the Christians who also beat him. Okonkwo was a

rich man, both in spirit and in wealth, so when he saw his clan act so weak and not drive out the

Christians when they had the chance it broke that spirit inside of him. Okonkwo was a man of many

accomplishments: having become the best wrestler in all the clan, killing many in war and bringing

home many heads as trophies, have multiple wives and many children, a compound that would

satisfy anyone's needs, and many barns that were full of yams. Okonkwo can mainly be remembered

for his life story of growing up with an unfortunate father who never paid back his debts and was in

debt most of his life and was banished to the Evil Forest to die. Okonkwo rose from nothing and

lived to become a man of many titles in the clan. He is survived by all his wives and children(Achebe 4-209).

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor, 1994. Print."Crossicon." 

Owens, Clare. "Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe." Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Wordpress.com, n.d. Web. Nov. 2016. <https://clareowensthingsfallapart.wordpress.com/>.