Things Fall ApartSay why you think Okonkwo is a man of action and not of thoughtOkonkwo plays the leading role in the book Things Fall Apart. He is illustrated to us as a strong, proud, capable and short violent tempered person who rose up from nothing to a man of great importance in the Igbo tribe. He is a brave wrestler, wealthy farmer and a fierce warrior .He is proved to be a man of action and not of thought.Firstly, Okonkwo is a man of action, a man of war. He had participated well in two inter tribal wars and had acquired five human heads which he used to drink palm-wine during special occasions. We say he is a man of action because he was not like his father who could not withstand blood. He was very physical and was ready to show his physical strength in any event he could participate in.Secondly, Okonkwo threatens to break Nwoyes jaw into a half because he didnt know how to prepare yams to plant. When Nwoye split a yam in a wrong manner Okonkwo would say If you split another yam in this size, I shall break your jaw in a threatening manner. But after that he knew that they were still young and did not understand the art of preparing yam.Thirdly, during the Week of Peace he beat up his third wife, Ojiugo for going to plate her hair. The fact arouses when his wife returns, and when she returned he beat her very heavily. In his anger he had forgotten that it was the week of Peace. This shows us that he truly does not think about what is going on and proves to us the fact that he is not a man of thought but a man of action.Moreover, He beat up his second wife, Ekwefi when he found out that she had taken some leaves to wrap some food this made an outlet in his compound, which helped him to spot. At first he shouted Who killed this banana tree?.As a matter of fact the tree was very much alive.he never thought about the situation .He acted upon the situation as he had always done. Then he gave Ekwefi a sound beating then he left her alone.In addition to this, Okonkwo had an old rusty gun which he frantically used to shoot his wife. He told Ikemefuna to fetch his gun when Ekwefi who had just been beaten up murmured something about guns that never shot .Okonkwo that had never shot even a rat rushed and got his fully loaded gun. He ran out again and aimed it at her later He pressed the trigger. Then he jumped into the room to check if anything had happened to Ekwefi after he heard the wailing of Ekwefi and her daughter and then he picked the gun and went away.After that, Okonkwo beat up Nwoye for mourning when Ikemefuna was about to be taken away. Nwoye overheard the matter while the elders were discussing about it and started crying. Then his father beat him heavily.Besides, Okonkwo bears a hand in the death of Ikemefuna. Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down because he was afraid of being thought as weak like his father, Unoka. Yet he was told by the village elder,Ogbuefi Ezeudu that That boy calls you father .do not bear a hand in his death .But after the death of Ikemefuna ,Okonkwo did not taste any food for two days and tried to drown the matter by drinking palm wine .Lastly, he ruled his house with a heavy hand. He beat up his wife and children for doing wrong things. He also had no patience with lazy menthe also never had patience with his father.A week a man had contradicted Okonkwo at a kindered meeting which they held to discuss the next ancestral feast .Without looking at the man Okonkwo had said: This meeting is for men.In conclusion, I think perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. He is a man who wants his wives and children to be good and perfect like him. Although, he does not look before he leaps afterwards he thinks about it and used to repent about it. He did not want to show emotions outside because if he ever did he would be called effeminate.