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Nnaemeka reveals just how much his ideas about marriage diverge from his father’s traditional notions. His first reason for why he cannot marry Ugoye is love, which suggests that it is also his first priority in marriage. His father, on the other hand, disagrees and dismisses love as an impractical, lofty, and naïve concern in a marriage.
While Nnaemeka does not regret his decision to marry Nene, regardless of his father’s reaction, he never stops hoping Okeke will accept their marriage and play a role in their growing family. Thus, Nnaemeka is a man that is torn between his deep love for his father and his desire to be a good son and his urban lifestyle that wholeheartedly embraces multiculturalism.
Oct 5, 2024 · Okeke's face-to-face dialogue with Nnaemeka Through the tone of Okeke's words to Nnaemeka, it can be identified that Okeke values marriage as something practical that benefits both parties instead of love. This can be suggested as Nnaemeka shares how he "does not love" Ugoye, but Okeke interrupts and questions him on what he means by
Jul 20, 2021 · When Nnaemeka visits his father a few weeks later and breaks the news to him, his father remains stunned and doesn’t speak. Nnaemeka confesses he doesn’t love Ugoye, to which his father asks why that matters. Nnaemeka tries to convince his father that marriage as an institution has changed, but Okeke is not convinced.
During the second night of Nnaemeka’s visit to his village, he asks his father for forgiveness before refusing to marry Ugoye, claiming that he doesn’t love her. Okeke is shocked by Nnaemeka’s refusal and is surprised that his son thinks he has to love Ugoye to marry her. Although Okeke tries to change his son’s mind, Nnaemeka won’t ...
Nnaemeka's father is deeply hurt that his son neglected his advice to marry Ugoye and instead married Nene. Nnaemeka's father is also depicted as an austere Christian, who constantly reads the ...
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Nnaemeka's line of argument—that he doesn't love Ugoye—means nothing to Okeke because Okeke is committed to the custom of arranged marriage. This passage is significant because it reveals the gulf in values between father and son.
