Differences and Similarities Between Unoka and Okonkwo
             Unoka and Okonkwo are two very different people; even though they're related. Okonkwo, who was respected by his tribe, the Igbo, was the son of Unoka. Unoka, who wasn't a well-respected man, had hardly, as a father provided for his family in means of food. He also had a problem of always borrowing items from people and never repaying them. However, one thing that people like about Unoka was that he was a very skilled flute player and if it weren't for the fact that he had a band and played throughout the villages, he would have lived a very miserable life. Okonkwo, who had to grow up with a father that didn't provide for his family. There are only a few similarities between Unoka and Okonkwo; nonetheless, they are different in a lot of ways.
             Being a lazy and improvident father, Unoka was "incapable of thinking about tomorrow" (3). He was always thinking about how he could spend the next amount of money that he would receive from performing with his band at some event. He never really thought about how the next paycheck would benefit his family. He was always in dept with someone, either it be with food or with cowries. Whenever he would get the chance, he would go out drinking and just have a good time. No one in Unoka's tribe could trust him with their money for they know that he is one that doesn't pay back. When it came to war Unoka was never happy about it. "In fact he was a coward and would not bear the sight of blood" (5). He was also considered to have a weak stomach. All together he did not like the idea of war at all. In the end of his life Unoka was so much in dept that no one really cared that he wasn't alive anymore and thus he died with no title.
             Having beaten the village's best wrestler "The Cat", Okonkwo was well respected throughout nine villages. Because of his victory he had brought hon...