Okonkwo was the fiery fire that burned with pride and fear, and he burned everything that stood in his way. The Umuofia clan supported this eternal flame of effort. Okonkwo's life depended on a structured path to fame. He was the roaring flame that brought people closer to him. But in fact, every moment consumed him. When Okonkwo wanted to do something, he did it. The fear of being fragile like his father was at the origin of his impulsiveness. While his father was “lazy and improvident” (Achebe, Pg.4), Okonkwo was a “man of action, a man of war” (Achebe, Ch2.Pg.4). If he “couldn’t get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists.” (Achebe, p. 4) He walked on tiptoe and was ready to “pounce on someone.” And he threw himself at people quite often. (Achebe, page 4). His whole life was based on trying to be the opposite of his father and he did this by trying to have different personalities. Such impetuosity enveloped him in improvidence because he was quite incapable of thinking about the consequences of his actions. For example, he walked aimlessly around the compound, “in suppressed anger, [and he] suddenly found an outlet.” (Achebe, p. 34) Outraged, he beat his young wife and left the children to cry, only to return – this time with a gun – and almost kill her! On another occasion, during Peace Week, his impulsive rage led him to violently beat his wife. In his anger, he forgot that it was Peace Week, but "Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating someone halfway, even for... a goddess." (Achebe, page 26) Note that his impulsive rage for manliness was more important than his beliefs. Okonkwo did not have the ability to think before acting and this will remain in the middle of paper...... and his fear of being weak and his resistance to change made him go down with both blows, and "the head of the man lay next to his uniformed body” (Achebe, page 180). When Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna, he burned a little. When Nwoye converted to Christianity, he burned a little. Gradually, Okonkwo's recklessness and manly actions turned against himself. Now it seemed that Umuofia was the only thing of strength that would give even meaning to Okonkwo's life. that "the Umuofia would not go to war...they had thrown themselves into tumult instead of taking action" (Achebe, page 180), he was faced with two choices: commit suicide or be hanged by white men . All the things he had worked so hard on had collapsed Okonkwo was the roaring flame and Umuofia was the only remaining lighter on which he burned brightly. Without Umuofia, Okonkwo's flame burned out and ultimately destroyed him..