Read the passage and answer the question that follows. “Have you written to your dad yet?” asked Nene one afternoon. . . . “No. . . . I think it’s better to tell him when I get home on leave!” “But why? . . . . He should be let into our happiness now.” . . . “I wish I were sure it would be happiness to him.” “Of course it must,” replied Nene, a little surprised. “Why shouldn’t it?” “You have lived in Lagos all your life, and you know very little about people in remote parts of the country. . . . “They are most unhappy if the engagement is not arranged by them. In our case it’s worse—you are not even an Ibo.” –“Marriage Is a Private Affair,” Chinua Achebe How does this passage reflect the author's cultural environment? It shows the reliance that children have on their parents. It shows that marriage is not important to the Ibo people. It shows that the Ibo people do not rely on their parents. It shows the clash between traditional village and modern city life.

It shows the clash between traditional village and modern city life.

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In Chinua Achebe's Marriage Is A Private Affair deal with the dilemma of a couple who decided to get married despite being from different tribes. And as is customary in the native village, marriage is arranged by the parents and love plays no role in it.

As seen in the given discourse between Nene and her would-be husband Nnaemeka, it is evident that the young man is anxious about informing his father about his choice of a wife. Even when Nene wants the father to be included in their "happy news", the young man simply stated that it is impossible to know if it'll be good news to him. And when asked further why it shouldn't be good news, Nnaemeka mentions that people in his village "are most unhappy if the engagement is not arranged by them. In our case it’s worse—you are not even an Ibo." Moreover, Nene being from Lagos "knows very little about people in remote parts of the country", which is a reference to his native village.

This discourse is a reflection of how the traditional village and modern city life clash against each other in their traditions and approaches of life.

the reason some people sacrifice their own life for another person's life could be that they are in love with them and would do anything to keep them safe a protected even if that means risking their life in the process

the play romeo and juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. this love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over free will or fate?  

the death of romeo and juliet was partially because of free will. the fact that romeo and juliet got married knowing that there was a bitter feud between their families, the montague and capulet’s. this feud brought on many problems, such as the murder of tybalt by romeo. juliet knew that this might be a problem for her and romeo. juliet had said: “what’s in a name”? which explains her ill fate of being a capulet and romeo being a montague. when romeo tells his servant “ ay, mine own…show more content…

i believe they had died over the love they had for each other, strong enough that their lives could end so suddenly if something horrible had come between them, and that was exactly how it happened. this tragedy occurred within five days of the two meeting, they experienced love at first sight, got married and quickly were dead. free will became a part of this when juliet decided to take friar laurence’s advise in inhaling a potion that will make people assume she is died but will awake in 42 hours prier to when she took it. when romeo had heard the news that juliet was dead, he assumed it was true, and responded with the line; “well juliet, i will lay with thee tonight”. to me this line indicated how he feels for juliet by dying in her will. the fact that free will didn’t take control of the story; it left fate to be the murder of the lovers. fate first kicked in when their eyes met at the capulet party. when romeo and juliet spoke, their words had powerful contentment; they had such a strong feeling for one another that they could lay in each other’s arms forever. their happiness didn’t last long; there were many reasons for this, for example; the marriage lord capulet arranged between paris and juliet. i believe that the plot of the play thus far leads the audience to believe that the deaths were a result of fate. the last act will determine once and for all if it is fate or free will. romeo again challenges fate.

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