Okeke
objects to his sons engagement because (1) she is not the wife he has chosen for himOkeke had
negotiated Nnaemeka€˜s engagement to a neighbors daughter, who has been trained to be a good
wife by living with a Pastor; (2) Nene is not of the Igbo tribenot only is marriage outside the
tribe forbidden, it has never occurred before; and (3) there is a sense that Nene, as a teacher,
is less Christian since, as Okeke puts it, St. Paul commanded that women be silent.
On a more basic level, Okeke objects because his sons disobedience is evidence of how
his city life has made him more worldly and cosmopolitan. His choice of wife is also
a...
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