MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR | Summary In English

Summary of " Marriage Is A Private Affair ". "Marriage Is A Private Affair" was written by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. He attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his pioneering novel "Things Fall Apart" was published. It went on to sell more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe later served as the David and Mariana Fisher University professor and professor of African Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on March 21, 2013, at age 82, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Summary Of 'Marriage Is A Private Affair' In English:

This story shows the tribal conflict in marriage affair. The main characters in this story are Nnaemeka the son, Nene the girlfriend of Nnaemeka or later his wife, Ugoye the girl chosen by Nnaemeka's father to marry his son and the father Okeke. Nnaemeka and Nene live in a room in Lagos Nene wants to know if Nnaemeka has informed his father about their engagement. He says that his father will be shocked to hear such news so he will tell him consciously. Nene cannot understand this because she is unaware of this matter. She has not known that in remote parts of the country they have caste consciousness that if the cast is different they will not be accepting. Nene was brought up in city and she does not know about it. Nnaemeka tells that caste system is common in the traditional society. He does not tell her about his father's letter he has already chosen a girl for him. Her name was Ugoye, who used to quarrel with the boys during her school days.

On leave, Nnaemeka goes home and tells his father that he will not marry Ugoye because he was already engaged to Nene himself who was a good Christian lady and a teacher. By listening it his father was very angry because he believes that Christian woman was not allowed to be a teacher. When he knows that she is a woman not from his own tribe, he becomes hopeless and much angry. Nnaemeka knows that his silence is more dangerous than his angry speech. After that his father tries to convince him not to marry that girl. But later when he is sure that his son will marry the same woman, he abandons (त्याग्नु) his son. Nnaemeka returns to Lagos. An old man tells Okeke that such kind of event had never taken place before.Some of them advise him to get help from a native doctor to make his mind right but it was also ignored.

Some months later, Nnaemeka sends their wedding pictures to his father but he returns it to them by cutting the pictures of Nene. She cries when she finds that her picture is cut off. He tried to convince that his father is a good hearted man and one day he will forgive them. Everybody from his village except his father knows that they are a most successful couple. By a great effort for eight years, Okeke manages to forget him.

After a long time, one day Okeke receives a letter from Nene daughter-in-law. She mentions that his two grand-sons want to see him. She also requests him in the letter to permit them to visit him for a short time. He falls in confusion about this request. He imagines that they are standing outside in the rain by requesting him to get in. He cannot sleep that night. Though he hasn't seen them, their love makes him very fascinated. He feels that he lost his battle. Then he allows his son with daughter-in-law and grand-sons to come home.

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