Facing_Reality

Facing Reality Facing Reality Have you ever thought about all the pressure family brings upon you' How about the days when you decide to take a risk, defy the odds, and stand up for what you believe is right' In the stories, “ A & P”, by John Updike and “Marriage Is A Private Affair”, by Chinua Achebe, Sammy and Nnaemeka both face these obstacles. They both desire to make a change and have other see their own point of views. In “Marriage Is A Private Affair”, Achebe’s character, Nnaemeka, defies his father’s beliefs. Nnaemeka’s father, Okeke, has set up his son to be married to a local Ibo girl. Okeke has a very strong stance on people from Ibo marrying one another. Nnaemeka has found someone who he loves, but the dilemma between this is she is not an Ibo woman. He has to face his father and tell him that the woman he is choosing to marry is not a local. At first Nnaemeka is hesitant to tell his father. But after much persistence from his fiancé, he went to tell him face to face other then just a letter. As Nnaemeka told sammy, nnaemeka, father, face, both, lengel, ibo, family, about, story, pressures, okeke, felt, woman, wanted, took, son, something, said, risk, right, make, life, thought, tell, take, stories, someone, say, own, obstacles, never, married, marriage, major