Okonkwo viewed women and men similar to other characters in the story. The women in the book Things Fall Apart are all viewed as weak; they are all treated as slaves in their own homes. Okonkwo had beaten his youngest wife for not having his food ready on time. “He walked back to his obi to wait for Ojiugo’s return. And when she returned he beat her very heavily (pg29).” Okonkwo’s father was a very peaceful men, he never tried to show his strength by physically or verbally abusing his family. I think Onkonwo rebels like any other child would. While growing up kids never understand their parents and always want to act different from their parents. While growing up Okonwos father was in debt and was a very lazy man, so okonkwo became a totall different person. He wanted to be a man that his father never was. To be a total opposite from his father, he showed no emotions and only courage; even if he had to beat his kids and wives to prove it. Men in the village of Umfuofia are warriors; they are all looked up to. They have criteria men should act like. They had to be the man of the house, courageous to obey the rules of life. In the beginning of the book, Okonkwo was viewed as a warrior a person the whole village looked up for his courage and the titles he had won. As we read on, we learn that Okonkwo has many fears that he is scared of. He did not want to be weak like his father, did not want his son to become like his father and he did not want to loose his prestige in the village either. During the end of the book, he becomes weak and looses his courage to face the life that was ahead of him. ’’Then they came to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling, and they stopped dead (Pg207).” Everyone says kids grow up to be like their parents no mater what you do in some way or another their values and behavior rubs of on their kids. That is what happened at the end of the book, Okonkwo was always weak like his father. But, he put all his effort to not let people see his weakness and resemblance to his father. His viewpoint of like and how a man and women should act does produce a negative influence in his life. Okonkwo tries to pressure his son to be like him, be strong like a warrior. Nwoye starts to be mature because of the influence Ikemefuna had brought to Nwoye. Okonkwo is very pleased with his son and Ikemefuna. But when the village tells Okonkwo that Ikemefuna has to die, Okonwo does not refuse and even helps the villagers to kill Ikemefuna. He helps kill Ikemefuna to show the village and his son his courage and to give an example of how he wants his son Nwoye to act. “As the man who had cleared his throat drew up and raised his machete, Okonkwo looked away. He heard the blow. The pot fell and broke in the sand. He heard Ikemefuna cry, “My father, they kill me!” as he ran towards him. Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak (pg61).” But that just makes Nwoye very disgusted by his father and the village values. When the Christian missionaries come to Okonkwos’ mother land, Nwoye chooses to change the way he lives his life and transforms to Christianity. When someone goes through a tragic event in life, we as humans want to change and apart from their influences. Nwoye does that exactly, he changes his religion and even his name to Isaac. He wants nothing to do with the people that killed Ikemefuna. So he transforms completely as a whole new human being with new values and morals. As the British missionaries come into Umuafia they will change their view on gender. The British missionaries will come and with modern values and morals. Even though at that time, the British had many of the same gender issues. The British looked at women the same way the villagers did. But as the time progresses, so will their views on gender. In many middle class countries such as Pakistan, women were looked down on and were basically slaves, they had to be cover with Bukhara from head to toe and could not leave their homes without their parents or husbands. But as the time progressed, so did their mentality of how a woman is portrait. In Pakistan today women are looked up to, they have the same freedom as men. The village of Umuafia will progress to as it is exposed to new cultures and new values.