Okonkwo as a Victim In Things Fall Apart Okonwo kills Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna is Okonkwo's adopted son. When it is said this way it makes Okonkwo seem evil and heartless. This is not completely true. When you look at how Okonkwo's life was, with his fear of becoming his father and the reputation he had in his village, it can be understood that the fact that Okonkwo is evil because of what he did is spurious. …showed first 75 words of 406 total…

…showed last 75 words of 406 total…the end of his life Okonkwo felt like he failed because he lost all his past success and he died like his father; a disrespectful death. In the book although Okonkwo seems like the villain he is really the victim. Although he didn't want to kill Ikemefuna he had no choice sinse he didn't want to look weak. By the end of his life he had become everything he worked so hard not to become.