-son of effeminate and lazy Unoka, and hates his father's character in that it is his drive in life

-Centers on masculanity, rejecting emotion, music, and affection, focusing on violence, profitability, thrift, and courage

-This battle within himself shows his complex character, and ends in his downfall

Nwoye

-Okonkwo's oldest son, who Okonkwo believes is weak and lazy

-Is a lot like Unoka, and is converted by the white Christians upon their arrival to the tribe

-Is influenced by Ikemefuna, but always doubts some of the laws and ways of the tribe, and all these doubts are reinforced after the murder of Ikemefuna, which also causes him to be unforgettably bitter to his father

Ezinma

-only child of Okonkwo's second wife, Ekwefi

-only child out of ten to survive from the womb of Ekwefi, and therefore is the center of her mother's world

-is Okonkwos favorite child, as she understands him better than most; would have been "the perfect son"

-only one to not be punished when she contradicts Okonkwo

-puts strategy ahead of emotion

-given to Okonkwos village as collateral for murder of a wife of a umuofian tribesman

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