Manhood

Each man has his own definition of manliness. In, Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo thought that man is a "man" if he is physically strong, not lazy, has a control of his family, and basically everything that his father wasn't. In the story, A Raisin in the Sun, Walter Lee thought that since he was the "man" of the family, all the decisions that he made were the right ones, and that whatever he did was the best for his family, even though that was not the case.

I personally think that manliness is when a man is able to defend his family, when he is able to accept responsibility for his mistakes, and when he has the power to overcome the obstacles that come in life.