Here's a list of evidence:
-Okonkwo's father Unoka was meek and powerless within society, conforming more to a perceived woman's role than a man's. For this reason, Okonkwo hyper-conforms to social norms for males, acting ruthlessly toward subordinates and providing well for his family. He fears that challenging this traditional role will undermine his life as he knows it.
-During the Week of Peace, Okonkwo breaks the peace by beating and nearly gunning down his second wife Ekwefi. Punishment for this, which has become much less severe, also conforms to the theme of breaking with tradition.
-Okonkwo's son Nwoye would rather listen to women's stories than perform manly activities, like sitting and conversing with his father at night.
-The descending of locusts is out of the ordinary. Though it has happened before, the event has not happened in a very long time. It is a break from the customs of daily life.
-Okonkwo kills his adopted son Ikemefuna, who called Okonkwo "father" despite counsel against this. Obierika later tells him, "What you have done will not please the Earth."
-It is "strange" that a man and his wife die on the same day. Women and men are never equals; they are not to be linked even in death.
-Ezinma defies custom when she follows the priestess Chielo, who is carrying her only daughter. She does this despite being explicitly told to stay behind and wait for her daughter's return.
-When Okonkwo kills a man and is expelled from the village, Obierika asks, "Why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently?" and wonders why he had to abandon his twin babies in the Evil Forest.
Though I haven't yet finished the book, perhaps these events foreshadow a great change in the tribe's way of life.
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