Things Fall Apart Chapter 3

"It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into it like one possessed. And indeed he was possessed y the fear of his father's contemptible life and shameful death." (page 18) How does the description of the father in the first section of the chapter portray the father in a different light than that of the last two paragraphs? Does the description of Okonkwo's "start in life" shift the reader's view of Okonkwo dramatically from the ending of chapter two (3 wives, 8 children, "prosperity visible in household")?