1. in both "marriage is a private affair" and "a meeting in the dark", young me fret that their fathers will disapprove of their potential wives. compare these two stories by looking at how the personalities of the young men and their fathers to shape the eventual outcomes.
2. examine how white people and black people regard each other in "no witchcraft for sale", "the moment before the gun went off", and "the prisoner who wore glasses".

In "Marriage Is a Private Affair",  the young man in the story is brave enough to go against his father's wishes and marry the woman he loves. They lived a happy life.

In "A Meeting in the Dark", the young man in the story opted to kill the woman the claims that he loves for fear of being found out by his father. The woman was pregnant with is child. The young man was very selfish because he wanted to be held in high esteem in society. He prefer to commit murder than be seen as someone other than what image he presented to the community.