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Okonkwo Okonkwo is the central character in the novel. He is the leader of the clan in Umuofia. He grows up with a considerably lazy father who was known throught his village as a failure. Okonkwo considered him to be a complete embarrassment and vowed to never be like him. He vowed to hate what his father once loved, never borrow money, or stop working. Okonkwo is a masculine man that has an ill-temper and gets violent at times. He is known throughout the seven villages for defeating “the cat” in a wrestling tournament. His worst fear is to be known a