In Chinua Achebe's short story, Marriage is A Private Affair, the lead character, Nnaemeka wants to marry Nene, the girl that he loves, but his father wants him to marry to the girl that he has chosen for his son. It is the beginning of the conflict between the father and son and also between the traditional and modern values which runs throughout the story. Therefore, Nnaemeka is unsure what will his father say, how will he react after learning that he is going to marry the girl that he himself has chosen.
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That's true that's a Direct Speech because it has quotation marks proving the speech to be said by anyone.
Indirect speech: He asked me if I knew where his dog was?
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According to a different source, this unit includes the stories "I Want to be Miss America" by J.ulia Alvarez and "About Russell" by Rita Williams-Garcia.
<u>"I Want to Be Miss America" by Ju.lia Alvarez:</u> Be happy with who you are.
In this story, the sisters are unhappy with the way they look, as they do not look like the models they see in beauty pageants. As they get older, even when the sisters are called beautiful, their self-esteem remains damaged. This shows the importance of accepting who you are.
<u>"About Russell" by Rita Williams-Garcia:</u> Illnesses affect people, but does not change who they are inside.
In this story, we learn about Russell, and about the difficulties he faced throughout his life due to mental illness. However, the author shows that, even though his illness affected Russell in many ways, he always remained the same person at heart, including being a loving brother.
