Mother is Supreme

When Uchendu starts talking about the Ibo proverb that the “Mother is Supreme” Okonkwo is scolded for not understanding what he is saying. He ignores it for example by beating his children. If his child does anything wrong he will beat them and then send them off to their mothers so that their mothers can care about them. But even though he beats his children he still cares about them. For example when Ezinma was carried off by Chielo he left home and went to the cave four times because he was so worried about her. He even offered to stay there and let Ekwefi go home and sleep. Okonkwo tries to ignore it so that he can be a man but inside he really does care about his children. But when he tries to ignore it and when he is trying to be to manly it sometimes overpowers him. It forces him to beat his wives and do things that he will regret later. Mothers always look forward to the future and are always optimistic. But Okonkwo, when he is exiled from Umofia he is depressed and doesn’t even want to plant crops so that he can earn money for his family.