"Yes. They are most unhappy if the engagement is not arranged by them. In our case it's worse—you are not even an Ibo." . . . . In the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city it had always seemed to her something of a joke that a person's tribe could determine whom he married. . . .
. . . "And this," he added, "is not peculiar to the Ibos. If your father were alive and lived in the heart of Ibibio–land he would be exactly like my father."
—"Marriage Is a Private Affair,"
Chinua Achebe
What experiences in Achebe’s life led him to write the story?
As citizen of Nigeria and the US, Achebe was interested in the impact of western culture on Nigerian culture.
As a university professor, Achebe was expected to write about his life in Nigeria.
As an activist, Achebe was trying to change a Nigerian tradition to a western tradition.
As a parent in the US, Achebe’s children had no experience of Nigerian culture.

To meet the needs of commuters in the industrial age, city planners implemented the use of phonographs. provided more horses and carriages. borrowed technology from railroads. constructed new telephone lines.

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.

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