Step-by-step explanation:
: perhaps ,down in his heart okonkwo was not a cruel man but his whole life was dominated by fear the fear of failure and of weakness . It was deeper and more in intimate than the fear of the evil capricious gods and of magic . The fear of the forest,the forces of nature,malevolent red in tooth and claw okonkwo fear was greater than these it was not external but lay deep within himself it was the fear of himself lest he should be found to resemble his father.