Things Fall Apart

In chapters 1-3 Okonkwo describes how his father was known to be lazy, improvident, and was quite incapable of thinking about his future. If money ever came toward his father’s way (which it hardly ever did) he would go and spend it all on palm-wine and drink with his friends. He was also deep in debt, and he owed all his neighbors money. He was a failure, he was poor and his family and Okonkwo and his siblings had hardly anything to eat. People laughed at him because he was a loafer and no one ever lended him money because he was known that he never paid any one back.

Later on it goes on describing him by saying that he was tall, really thin and had a slight sloop. He wore a haggard and mournful look except when he was drinking or playing the flute. He was really good at playing the flute sometimes he would play with the village