In Things Fall Apart, what adjectives would you use to describe Onkonkwo and why?

To answer this question you neeed to consider how Okonkwo
is presented and his actions in the novel. It is clear from the way that he easily loses
his temper that he is an easily irritated man who is proud and overbearing. He is
certainly tyrannical in a sense in the way that he runs his family and treats his wives
and children, especially the way that he treats his son. However, let us also remember
that there are positives to his character. In particular, the third chapter, which fills
us in on some important background details regarding Okonkwo's father, offers the
following comment concerning the many disadvantages that Okonkwo faced thanks to his
father:

But in
spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father's lifetime to lay the
foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into
it like one possessed. And indeed he was possessed by the fear of his father's
contemptible life and shameful
death.

Thus, in addition to
the negative adjectives that we can suggest to describe Okonkwo's character, we can also
propose that Okonkwo is determined, hard-working, industrious and afraid of being judged
as not being manly in the way that his father so obviously failed in this
area.