Read the passage from "Marriage Is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe. The first paragraph is a letter that Okeke
sends to his son Nnaemeka.
Which idea from this passage can be analyzed from both
feminist and historical perspectives?
Abel
I have found a girl who will suit you admirably-
Ugoye Nweke, the eldest daughter of our neighbour,
Jacob Nweke. She has a proper Christian upbringing
When she stopped schooling some years ago, her
father (a man of sound judgment) sent her to live in
the house of a pastor where she has received all the
training a wife could need. Her Sunday School
teacher has told me that she reads her Bible very
fluently. I hope we shall begin negotiations when you
come home in December
On the second evening of his return from Lagos
Nnaemeka sat with his father under a cassia tree. This
was the old man's retreat where he went to read his Bible
when the parching December sun had set and a fresh,
O how a woman could be considered "proper" in this
culture during this period
O how fathers and sons interact in this culture during this
period
O how children return to their hometowns to negotiate
marriages during this period
O how weather conditions affect this culture during this
period