Which excerpt from the story “marriage is a private affair” illustrates the tension between the characters best?

a. “that night he hardly slept, from . . fear he might die . . ”
b. “[i]t is impossible for me to marry nweke’s daughter.”
c. “you have lived in lagos all your life . . ”
d. “nnaemeka and his young wife were a most happy couple.”

The following excerpt which best illustrates the tension between the characters in the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” is:

B. “[I]t is impossible for me to marry Nweke’s daughter.”

The short story “Marriage is a Private Affair” by the American writer Chinua Achebe deals with many issues of the society. The issue of marriage, cast, women’s choice, and opinion, right to take decision and inequality in the society are discussed through the story. Nnaemeka, the son of Okeke wanted to marry a girl Neme whom he had chosen. Okeke was in opposition of the marriage because she was of the Ibo tribe and not a Christian. On the other hand, the father had chosen a good Christian girl for Nnaemeka who possess all the good qualities of a woman in her. At this proposal, Nnaemeka got frustrated and told his father his non-consent to marry Nweke’s daughter whom his father had chosen for him. the tension between the father and son goes simultaneously with the tension between the race, and class in the American society.

answer: the sentence in the text that contains both the topic and the author's single most important idea about the topic

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synonim for get by is to survive, therefore, the answer is survive.