Arranged Marriage Igbo Culture
Arranged Marriages
According to Cambridge dictionary, the definition of arranged marriage is “ a marriage in which the parents choose the person their son or daughter will marry” (hjejre). The tradition of arranged marriage has been passed down through the Igbo culture. As a result, the Igbo culture still thrives as a community with this tradition. Through the culture there is history for the arranged marriage tradition, there is the stability and the consequences of the marriage, and in the story “Marriage is a Private Affair” the father Okeke opposes his son’s choice to refuse the arranged marriage and stay from tradition.
Arranged marriage has been a tradition in many cultures for centuries. Throughout the history of arranged marriages …show more content…
Okeke has lived with arranged marriages all of his life and it has been integrated into being an essential part of the Igbo culture. Nnaemeka has been given the forced arranged marriage type but has refused to go along with it as in marrying another woman from a different tribe. He also disobeyed his father and went against his tribe when he married a woman from a different tribe. The story says, “that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue” (Achebe 191). The couple knew that Nnaemeka’s father would not approved because their marriage was based off of love and not picked by their values and training or job that Nene has. Once Okeke had found out everything that the young couple was planning and the background of Nene he planned to never see Nene and was never going to talk to his son again. The whole knew that this was treatment that Okeke was giving his son and never brought it up in front of him for he would get very upset. Nnaemeka would sent Okeke letters asking if he could visit during his leave three times and was turned down, but the big blow that astonished Okeke the most was when Nene sent them their wedding picture. His response was to cut Nene out of the picture and send it back saying he wanted nothing to do with her
According to Cambridge dictionary, the definition of arranged marriage is “ a marriage in which the parents choose the person their son or daughter will marry” (hjejre). The tradition of arranged marriage has been passed down through the Igbo culture. As a result, the Igbo culture still thrives as a community with this tradition. Through the culture there is history for the arranged marriage tradition, there is the stability and the consequences of the marriage, and in the story “Marriage is a Private Affair” the father Okeke opposes his son’s choice to refuse the arranged marriage and stay from tradition.
Arranged marriage has been a tradition in many cultures for centuries. Throughout the history of arranged marriages …show more content…
Okeke has lived with arranged marriages all of his life and it has been integrated into being an essential part of the Igbo culture. Nnaemeka has been given the forced arranged marriage type but has refused to go along with it as in marrying another woman from a different tribe. He also disobeyed his father and went against his tribe when he married a woman from a different tribe. The story says, “that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue” (Achebe 191). The couple knew that Nnaemeka’s father would not approved because their marriage was based off of love and not picked by their values and training or job that Nene has. Once Okeke had found out everything that the young couple was planning and the background of Nene he planned to never see Nene and was never going to talk to his son again. The whole knew that this was treatment that Okeke was giving his son and never brought it up in front of him for he would get very upset. Nnaemeka would sent Okeke letters asking if he could visit during his leave three times and was turned down, but the big blow that astonished Okeke the most was when Nene sent them their wedding picture. His response was to cut Nene out of the picture and send it back saying he wanted nothing to do with her