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    discuss their marriage plans. Nene wants to let Nnaemeka’s father know that they want to get married and have a family. Nnaemeka tells her that his father‚ Okeke that lives in a small village‚ is a men that lives by his culture. When Nnaemeka pays an annual visit to his dad‚ he is surprised by the arranged marriage his dad has for him. This starts the problem because Nnaemeka won’t accept‚ and he talks to Okeke about Nene and their love. The message in Marriage Is A Private by Chinua

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    Marriage is a private affair’ – by Chinua Achebe ‘Marriage is a private affair’ is a short story written by Chinua Achebe‚ in the year 1952. The story takes place in Lagos in Nigeria in the 1950ies. The most important point in this story is the cultural and religious differences between Nene and Nnaemeka’s families. Therefor the main theme of the text is the clash between two cultures. The text is also dealing with other subthemes such as‚ love‚ arranged marriage‚ father and son relationship (Nnaemeka’s

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    child. While they contain very contrasting settings and characterization‚ the short stories‚ “Marriage Is a Private Affair” and “Everyday Use”‚ contain similar themes‚ and display this generational conflict perfectly. The short story‚ “Marriage Is a Private Affair”‚ is about the relationship between a father and a son‚ and how it is affected when the son‚ Nnaemeka‚ decides to have a love based marriage and

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    Love and MarriageMarriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe is a short story about a man who belonged to the Ibibio-land‚ a tribal community that believes in arranged marriages. Nnaemeka‚ the main character‚ is an Ibo who went against his tribal beliefs‚ especially his father’s‚ in order to marry a woman based on love. Nene‚ his wife and a Lagos resident‚ encouraged Nnaemeka to reach out to his father‚ Okeke‚ to set aside his tribal beliefs and be a part of his nontraditional family. Okeke

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    We were asked to read the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” written by Chinua Achebe. The story was about a young man from Ibo‚ Nnaemeka‚ who was from the Igbo/Ibo tribe and who was now living in the city of Lagos. Nmaemeka who went home to talk to his father about a girl named Nene whom he was deeply in love with. Okeke‚ his father‚ refuses to accept Nene as his son’s wife in the future. In fact‚ Okeke has chosen a wife for Nmaemeka who was Ugoye Nweke. Ugoye was a girl who Okeke believes to

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    about who is at fault and what truly caused the conflict. If you were to analyze every conflict you would realize they all lead back to assumptions made by both sides. In love is a private Affair‚ the father and son get into an argument that is built from assumptions made by both parties. In Love is a Private Affair‚ the son Nnaemeka is going against tradition and chose to marry a girl his family did not pick for him. Nnaemeka tells his father about his engagement to Nene‚ after his father picked

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    Do extramarital affairs help or destroy a marriage? A lot of people say that having such affairs helped them solve the problems they had with their spouses‚ while other people’s marriages are destroyed by them. Do partners feel more comfortable in relationships outside their marriage and what could be the cause of that? <br> <br>Studies conducted by Pittman‚ who argues that unfaithfulness is not normal or acceptable‚ have shown that first-time divorce occurs in the wake of an affair; yet its also Pittman

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    Taking Marriage Private WHY do people — gay or straight — need the state’s permission to marry? For most of Western history‚ they didn’t‚ because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents’ agreement to the match‚ not the approval of church or state‚ was what confirmed its validity. For 16 centuries‚ Christianity also defined the validity of a marriage on the basis of a couple’s wishes. If two people claimed they had exchanged marital vows — even out alone by the haystack

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    Rhetorical Analysis A Strange Love Affair The narrative essay "A Strange Love Affair‚" written by Jan Myrdal takes place during the 1940’s however‚ it wasn’t until the 1960’s that it got published. Myrdal writes about a married man that reconnects with his first love. Not only that‚ he almost commits adultery in having sex with this women‚ but turns down B because of the reason that he loves his wife. He tries to cover up his doubts by saying that his feet stink because of a long journey through

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    Conclusion In this study‚ a sincere attempt has been made towards finding out ways and means for automating activities in the Adamson University school library. The objective of this study is to use various full-featured open source-Integrated Library System for the automation of the major day-to-day activities of the various section of the school library‚ which is tiresome and cumbersome. After the investigation‚ the researcher has found that Koha Software is more suitable for the library

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