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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1. Summary Of "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
1. Summary Of "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
The story, "Marriage Is A Private Affair", takes place in a tribe in Nigeria. The main characters are Nnaemeka the son, Nene the girlfriend/so to be wife, Ugoye the girl chosen by the father to marry his son and of course the father Okeke. Nnaemeka is deeply in love with Nene and have plan to marrying but his father has no idea about his love. He knows that he will not be pleased since she is not part of their tribe. Nene lives in the Lagos the city in South Western Nigeria. Soon after Okeke Nnaemeka receives a letter from him stating that he has arranged him a marriage with Ugoye a girl from their tribe that in his opinion she has all the qualification to become a great wife. With this news Nnaemeka torn apart because he loves Nene but has to face his father with the decision that he will not obey him on this marriage he has planned. Nnaemeka keeps that information away from Nene and heads to his tribe to have his conversation he has not been looking forward to.
When he finally has the conversation it rises to a verbal argument for he tells his father about Nene and that she is the only girl he will marry even if it goes against his rejection to it. Okeke is upset and does not want anything to do with Nene or him and will not bless this marriage. He then goes on telling Nene all that has happened but besides the opposing conflict on their marriage they still get married and form a family and have two sons. All this time his father has isolated himself from them. After some time, Nene's sons wished to meet their grandfather. So she send Okeke a letter letting him know about his grandsons and how they want to met him. This letter makes him very emotional and he realizes family ties are hard to let go. He wants to meet his family because they are his family and this dispute (झगडा) has gone too long and has only wasted perish (नास गर्यो) time when they could have been united.
When he finally has the conversation it rises to a verbal argument for he tells his father about Nene and that she is the only girl he will marry even if it goes against his rejection to it. Okeke is upset and does not want anything to do with Nene or him and will not bless this marriage. He then goes on telling Nene all that has happened but besides the opposing conflict on their marriage they still get married and form a family and have two sons. All this time his father has isolated himself from them. After some time, Nene's sons wished to meet their grandfather. So she send Okeke a letter letting him know about his grandsons and how they want to met him. This letter makes him very emotional and he realizes family ties are hard to let go. He wants to meet his family because they are his family and this dispute (झगडा) has gone too long and has only wasted perish (नास गर्यो) time when they could have been united.
Word-meanings in Nepali of "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
"Marriage Is A Private Affair" Nepali Word Meanings
Nepali Meanings "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
leave
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छुट्टी, बिदा
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grope
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अलमल गरेर खोज्नु
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unlike
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नमिल्ने
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engagement
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बिहेको काम कुरो छिन्ने काम
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blunty
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सोझै
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cosmopolitan
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ब्रह्माण्डीय
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tribe
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जाति
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object
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विरोध गर्नु
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on that account
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त्यसकारण
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disposed
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बानी परेको
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peculiar
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निजी
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exactly
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ठीक त्यस्तै
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