Nwoye knew it was right to be masculine and violent, but somehow he still preferred stories which she undoubtedly still told to her youngest children - turtle stories. and his cunning ways, and of the eneke-nti-oba bird who challenged the whole world to a wrestling contest and was finally thrown by the cat. " (p.53) Achebe presents this information in the novel to convey that the stories of violence and bloodshed are manly stories. Even though the stories of violence and bloodshed that Okonkwo told to the children , Nwoye always wanted to hear his mother's stories that were altered versions of reality. This could be because Nwoye was not quite ready here for the malicious stories his father had to tell how Okonkwo wants. let his son (Nwoye) be fearless and powerful, just like his father so Okonkwo chose to tell him stories without leaving out details to raise his son to be as powerful and fearless as his old self.