Marriage Is A Private Affair Analysis

Regret is something everyone feels at some point throughout their lives; Some more than others. It is an internal fight within one's self that can break you down to the core. Regret can encompass many things like: unspoken words, unfulfilled actions, actions that have already happened, or words that have already been spoken. There are times when you blame yourself for something that you had no control over and you start to regret. Then there are times when you should feel regret but because you don’t think you did anything wrong, you don’t. There are many types of 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
He finally regrets cutting his son out of his life for the sake of his grandchildren. He wonders if he will ever make it up to them or if it is too late. I also noticed that the son's wife might have felt regretful. She pushed the son to tell his father about the marriage, even though the son said it was a bad idea. Eventually, it resulted in the father resenting the son, so I can only imagine the wife feels some regret along with the
I have felt regret a great deal of regret in my life with things I have said and done. I have especially felt regret with things I didn’t have the chance, or the courage to say or do. This has shown immensely in the last couple months of my life. Just very recently, one of my close friends who I grew up with got into a horrific car accident, where both her and another girl I knew (but wasn’t as close with) were killed instantly. Hearing this news hurt me in so many ways and one of the most major feelings I had was regret. My friend and I hadn't talked too much recently because we both just had gone into different groups of friends and had both been busy. Everything in me wishes I just would've called her over two days before the accident, when she was walking a couple people in front of me at school. I wish I could just tell her one more time how much she meant to me and give her one last hug. I regret that I didn’t talk to her as much as a should have until it was too late. I feel that death brings out the most regret in humans or the thought of life coming to an end with so much left