Genders are talked about a lot throughout the story Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and their roles and importance to the clans and families. Okonkwo is one person that thinks that genders are really important and that each gender knows their purpose in life and what they are supposed to do. He believes that a man is the dominant sex and leader to his clan while the women are less important and remain servants in the home. Okonkwo’s beliefs about gender roles affect the way him and his family lives and their fears. Okonkwo fears weakness because as a child his father was lazy and weak to the clan. He dislikes it so much that when he finds his son, Nwoye, to be lazy, he would beat him and nag at him for it. He believes a man should live
