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__"Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable" -Henry Louis Mencken-__

 It was Okonkwo's masculinity that caused his feminine death. His stubbornness caused his compliant death. His purpose of dying with dignity actually left no dignity on him. As shown at the beginning of the book, the "unclean" soul did not even have the right to be buried; Okonkwo's soul was polluted with femininity and low self-esteem. According to http://www.suicide.org/suicide-causes.html, "Feeling 'taken advantage of,'" and "Low self-esteem" is a main cause of suicide. Okonkwo was taken advantage of by the the Westerners and Okonkwo was full of low self-esteem because of his incapability on changing and removing the Westerners. Okonkwo was torn apart, he was tired of his life, and he didn't have a solution.