Father-Son Conflict in "Marriage Is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe

This literary analysis of Chinua Achebe's short story "Marriage is a Private Affair" examines the relationship of Okeke and Nnaemeka, a father and son with radically different views on marriage, tradition, and Christianity. The student observes several binaries (rejection or acceptance of tradition; fidelity or betrayal of Ibo values) used by Achebe to drive the conflict and characterize the themes.
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