How did Okonkwo change in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe?

doesn't
truly change during the novel. He is rigid in his ways and unaccepting of new ways of life in
his village with the introduction of imperialism. As others in the village drift toward the
church during his banishment, he is in his mother's land working to get back to where and how he
was. His absence feeds into the inability to accept change because for him, it was not gradual,
but instead it was a slap in the face of his life and culture. If he had been there the whole
time, maybe he would have had an easier time accepting change, but he was a character that was
rigid in his ways due to the lackadaisical life of his father and his vow to never be like
him.

One can make the case that he did change upon the birth of Ezinma. He
valued her, especially over , in that he was morbidly concerned when she was sick - this was a
drastic change from him killingwho was the son he never had. He seemingly softened when it came
to Ezinma, but probably not enough to really claim that he had actually
changed.