Applying Critical Approaches to Literary Analysis

Question 1

What is the main conflict in the story?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nnaemeka’s father wants him to marry a neighbor, but Nnaemeka marries Nene.

Question 2

How does this passage demonstrate that this culture is a patriarchy?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Okeke disowns Nnaemeka for not marrying the woman he chose.

Question 3

Which quotation from the passage best suggests future change to the tradition for women?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“The old man at once felt the resolution he had built up over so many years falling in.”

Question 4

What does this passage suggest about the role of women in this society? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Men hold power over women.; Women are not treated as equal.; Women’s roles are defined by men.

Question 5

How does the passage show that the father-son conflict is characteristic of the larger historical context of the story? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nigerian tradition dictated that people marry within their tribe.; Tribes were losing their influence as people moved to urban areas.; Nene’s father would probably have forbidden the intertribal marriage, just as Okeke does.

Question 6

Which details from the passage best demonstrate the reliance on tribal traditions in Nigerian society? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“Never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”; “‘It has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”; “This man had come with others to commiserate with Okeke.”

Question 7

What traditional values shape the women’s attitudes toward Nene? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nene’s value to them soars because of her homemaking skills.; The women of Nnaemeka’s tribe treat Nene differently because she is an outsider.

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