Oknokwo in Mbanta

Okonkwo is so obsessed with being a manly man after his father was not. He had completely turned himself into this harsh, uncaring creature, and now in Mbanta, he is told to accept "female" virtues into his life such as kindness and caring. Okonkwo is very ignorant and doesn't listen to people when they try to tell him these things. Because Okonkwo only lets himself acknowledge the masculine side of his person, he runs into some problems with not caring. When Okonkwo is exiled to Mbanta, I think that it would help him a lot if he was more comfortable with feeling this other side of him and that he would have been able to adapt to the society a lot better. Okonkwo's ignorance is proof of this fear, almost, to accepting his emotions and letting himself be free.