’Marriage is a private affair’ – by Chinua Achebe ‘Marriage is a private affair’ is a short story written by Chinua Achebe‚ in the year 1952. The story takes place in Lagos in Nigeria in the 1950ies. The most important point in this story is the cultural and religious differences between Nene and Nnaemeka’s families. Therefor the main theme of the text is the clash between two cultures. The text is also dealing with other subthemes such as‚ love‚ arranged marriage‚ father and son relationship (Nnaemeka’s
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child. While they contain very contrasting settings and characterization‚ the short stories‚ “Marriage Is a Private Affair” and “Everyday Use”‚ contain similar themes‚ and display this generational conflict perfectly. The short story‚ “Marriage Is a Private Affair”‚ is about the relationship between a father and a son‚ and how it is affected when the son‚ Nnaemeka‚ decides to have a love based marriage and
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Love and Marriage “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe is a short story about a man who belonged to the Ibibio-land‚ a tribal community that believes in arranged marriages. Nnaemeka‚ the main character‚ is an Ibo who went against his tribal beliefs‚ especially his father’s‚ in order to marry a woman based on love. Nene‚ his wife and a Lagos resident‚ encouraged Nnaemeka to reach out to his father‚ Okeke‚ to set aside his tribal beliefs and be a part of his nontraditional family. Okeke
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We were asked to read the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” written by Chinua Achebe. The story was about a young man from Ibo‚ Nnaemeka‚ who was from the Igbo/Ibo tribe and who was now living in the city of Lagos. Nmaemeka who went home to talk to his father about a girl named Nene whom he was deeply in love with. Okeke‚ his father‚ refuses to accept Nene as his son’s wife in the future. In fact‚ Okeke has chosen a wife for Nmaemeka who was Ugoye Nweke. Ugoye was a girl who Okeke believes to
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assumptions made by both sides. In love is a private Affair‚ the father and son get into an argument that is built from assumptions made by both parties. In Love is a Private Affair‚ the son Nnaemeka is going against tradition and chose to marry a girl his family did not pick for him. Nnaemeka tells his father about his engagement to Nene‚ after his father picked out the girl he was meant to marry. The Conflict rises before Nnaemeka even tells his father about Nene. Nnaemeka is worried his father will
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CHARACTER SKETCH: A character sketch is a vivid description of a person‚ attitude‚ special qualities or traits‚ typical behavior or response. The character sketch gives a deep insight into the personality of a person which makes him different from another person. The character sketch usually depicts the dominant trait that is most important to the story. Example of a short character sketch of Maxwell’s stenographer - from a short story by O’ Henry named The Romance of a Busy Broker The stenographer
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Adopt a Character Assignments 1. Using the information from your Adopt a Character sheet‚ fill in the Bio Cube‚ cut it out‚ and cube it. The link for the Bio Cube is on my website under resources. 2. Using the information from the Adopt a Character sheet‚ write a detailed character sketch of your adopted character. This is a creative piece. Stretch your writing and your imagination! On my website‚ there is an example of a character sketch and there are directions on how to write a
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Sample character sketch - my friend Liz. My friend Liz is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together‚ we’re basically like sisters. We met on the first day of school in sixth grade‚ both of us terrified by the massive size of the middle school. She had the locker right above mine. I told her I didn’t know anybody in our class and she said “You do now.” We’ve been friends ever since. Most boys think Liz is cute. She has long red hair‚ cascading over
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Prynne. We know very little about Hester prior to her affair with Dimmesdale and her public shaming. We read that she married Chillingworth although she did not love him‚ but we never fully understand why. The early chapters of the book suggest that‚ prior to her marriage‚ was a strong-willed young woman—she remembers her parents as loving guides who frequently had to restrain her fun loving behavior. But it is what happens after Hester’s affair that makes her into the woman with whom we are familiar
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