In the novel Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a sympathetic and unsympathetic character in regards to his family relationships with his adopted son, Ikemefuna, his son. daughter, Ezima, and her father, Unoka, as he seems to genuinely care about his family; but the pride in him prevents him from openly expressing such pride and concern. The protagonist, Okonkwo, demonstrates his sympathetic character only to himself, personally and rarely in the eyes of others. During the plot to kill Ilemefuna, Okonkwo was reluctant to make the boy aware of his plight and was also reluctant to participate in his death. “'I don't understand why you refused to come with us to kill this boy,' he asked Obierika. » Okonkwo was aware that the adopted boy from an opposing tribe viewed Okonkwo not only as an authority figure and a high-ranking member of the tribe. warrior, but also as a father – his father. Until Ikemefuna's death, Okonkwo continued to show kindness to Ikemefuna, believing that "his son's development was due to Ikemefuna." (Achebe 3...