Marriage is a Private Affair Lesson Plan

How do Nene and Nnaemeka’s views on how their marriage should be announced and will be received differ? What are some reasons for this?

Nene is excited to announce their engagement and encourages Nnaemeka to write to his father to share the good news, "He should be let into our happiness now." Nnaemeka, however, knows that the news might not be received well. He thinks it will be much more appropriate to tell his father about it when he is next home on leave; for Nnaemeka, it is more of a discussion than an announcement. Many of the differences in their ideas seem to stem from the fact that Nene has lived her whole life in Lagos, while Nnaemeka was raised in the...