What characteristics does Okeke require in a wife for his son?

Okeke
requires that a wife for his son should
have a Christian background and be of good
character.

To
Okeke, love is not a necessary element in the area of
matchmaking. Thus, he
becomes incensed when he discovers that his son, Nnaemeka, has decided to

make a love match, rather than to marry the girl he, Okeke, has picked for him. Okeke
entertains
very old-fashioned ideas about how a wife should behave.

He strongly believes
that "no Christian woman should teach" and is
upset when he discovers that his future
daughter-in-law is a teacher at a
girls' school in Lagos. Okeke has literally misinterpreted the
Bible; in 1
Timothy 2:12, the apostle Paul proclaimed: "But I suffer not a woman to
teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." The
original injunction was
against women teaching men (in itself the subject of
much debate today).

Due
to his extreme prejudice, Okeke
rejects Nene Atang even before he has had a chance to meet her
and to become
acquainted with her. He ignores the fact that Nene meets one of his original

requirements: that a wife for his son should come from a Christian background. Because
of his
bias, Okeke brings much grief on himself, Nnaemeka, and
Nene.