Imagine being coerced to marry someone that you’ve hardly had enough time to make a first impression on. Arranged marriages were a key aspect in “Marriage is a Private Affair.” People often disagree with arranged marriages because they don’t always love their spouse. “Marriage is a Private Affair” displays this when Nnaeme tells his father, “I don’t love her” (Achebe 190). Marriage is a private affair also demonstrates that arranges marriages can cause a great controversy between a father and his son.
Arranged Marriages are a common religious element throughout the world. The majority of the citizens in the United States do not support arranged marriages because of their drawbacks. For starters, even people who praise their religion don’t entirely agree with its beliefs. Individuals whose family’s support arranged marriages frequently would like to get to …show more content…
“Teacher, did you say? If you consider that a qualification of a good wife, I should like to point out to you, Emeka, that no Christian women should teach. St. Paul in his letter to Corinthians says that women should keep silence” (Achebe 190). This quote demonstrates that Emeka’s father is upset, and disagrees with Emeka choosing his own wife. His father believes that he should marry the women that he had chosen for him. An additional example on how arranged marriages had a negative impact on Emeka and his father’s relationship was that his father banished him from the family. “I owe it to you, my son, as a duty to show you what is right and what is wrong. Whoever put this idea into your head might as well have cut your throat. It is Satan’s work. He waved his son away” (Achebe 191). This direct quote shows that his father distresses his son’s decision and doesn’t want to see him or his wife again. Clearly, arranged marriages strongly effected “Marriage is a Private Affair” and it was not in a positive
Arranged Marriages are a common religious element throughout the world. The majority of the citizens in the United States do not support arranged marriages because of their drawbacks. For starters, even people who praise their religion don’t entirely agree with its beliefs. Individuals whose family’s support arranged marriages frequently would like to get to …show more content…
“Teacher, did you say? If you consider that a qualification of a good wife, I should like to point out to you, Emeka, that no Christian women should teach. St. Paul in his letter to Corinthians says that women should keep silence” (Achebe 190). This quote demonstrates that Emeka’s father is upset, and disagrees with Emeka choosing his own wife. His father believes that he should marry the women that he had chosen for him. An additional example on how arranged marriages had a negative impact on Emeka and his father’s relationship was that his father banished him from the family. “I owe it to you, my son, as a duty to show you what is right and what is wrong. Whoever put this idea into your head might as well have cut your throat. It is Satan’s work. He waved his son away” (Achebe 191). This direct quote shows that his father distresses his son’s decision and doesn’t want to see him or his wife again. Clearly, arranged marriages strongly effected “Marriage is a Private Affair” and it was not in a positive