“MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR” by Chinua Achebe Cultural‚ gender‚ religious and racial peculiarities can either impede or enhance effective human communication and understanding. According to Chinua Achebe‚ “Marriage is a Private Affair”. We may ask what is marriage? It may be defined in many ways Prof. Makoine in his guideline sheet defines it interactively as “wedlock/ relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other as husband and wife with or without legal sanction
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Summary/Paraphrase Chinua Achebe – “Marriage is a Private Affair” Setting – the action of this story takes place in two locations Lagos‚ Nigeria – a modern city An Igbo village in Nigeria Characters – Nene – fiancée and later the wife of Naemeka; she is from the Ibibio tribe. She has been educated at the university and is a school teacher. She is a modern young Nigerian woman who wants to be accepted by her husband’s father. Naemeka – young Nigerian man from the Igbo tribe who has moved
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Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants‚ animals‚ and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet‚ and has a major impact on the environment‚ both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems‚ Deserts‚ rain forests‚ plains‚ and other areas including the most developed urban sites all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by
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ways to handle‚ receive‚ and feel regret. “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe is a story that to me is not only about a father not wanting his son to marry a foreign
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As Oekeke awoke‚ he shifted in his bed with a pain coming from his chest. It wasn’t a pain that made you clench up and scream‚ he knew from that moment something was very wrong. He tried to open his at last‚ from when he awoke his eyes were still weary but it seemed as though he was stuck in time. His heart pumped faster and his mind was propelling from left to right to across the back and back. All he could think of was his family‚ but with such confusion he could hardly focus on the realty of his
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and tradition in “Marriage is a Private Affair” Marriage traditions vary greatly throughout the world. In some cultures‚ people’s marriages are traditionally arranged by their parents. In others cultures‚ the partners make their own choice. This diversity in tradition causes many conflicts within the family as well as in the culture group. A great example of marriage and its importance to different cultures is the story by Chinua Achebe‚ “Marriage is a Private Affair.” The story takes
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Chinua Achebe’s “Marriage Is a Private Affair” is based on three main artistic ideas; setting‚ character‚ and point of view. Achebe’s “Marriage Is a Private Affair” tells the story of young Nnaemeka breaking tradition to marry the girl he loves. Nnaemeka is from the Ibo tribe‚ whereas Nene comes from Ibibio tribe. The two tribes believe it is best to never coexist‚ especially in marriage. Nnaemeka’s father‚ Okeke‚ is a really religious person that would never approve of the marriage. While looking
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MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR CHINUA ACHEBE “Marriage Is A Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe revolves around the marriage of Nnameka and Nene. Nnameka and Nene worked in Lagos‚ where they got in touch and eventually fell in love. Nnameka was from the Ibo land of Africa. His father had conservative ideas about marriage. According to him‚ a prospective daughter-in-law should have ‘good behaviour’ and a ‘Christian background’. He found such a girl in the neighbourhood and made arrangements to marry
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Kalkedan (Kelly) Tumalisan Professor Castilla Eng 125 02-13-2012 Culltures around the world have been practicing arrainged marriages for centuries to come. Some cultures to this day still practice those same traditions. In Chinua Achebe’s “Marriage is a Private Affair” it shows how serious arrainged marriages are taken. In this short story he shows how conflicts can arise from breaking traditon‚ how it can affect families and what families can learn out of a serious situation. It also shows
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