• Writ 1. What is implied by Nene's use of the word yet in the first paragraph? What can we infer about
the characters' relationship?

The word 'yet' implifies that as the couples are planning to married, Nene concerns that Nnaemeka should inform his father, Okeke about their decision.

One can infer that both Nene and Nnaemeka are equal in their relationship, as portrayed by the author in whole story.

Explanation:

'Marriage is a Private Affair' is a short story written by Chinua Achebe. The story concerns about a father and son relationship.

In the beginning of the story, Nene asks Nnaemeka if he has written a letter to his father yet or not. Nene's use of the word 'yet' implifies that Nene wants to involve Nnaemeka's father, Okeke, in their happiness of their planning of marriage. On the one hand, Nene is thinking that Okeke will be happy with the news about their marraige but seldom did she know about he orthodox beliefs of culture and tradition.

This also infers about the equality in relationship shared between the spouse in city compared to village life. In the whole story, the author has portrayed the theme of this difference only.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)