me analyze that parents decisions aren't always the best ones. I think when a parent

decision do not agree with the lives of their children, it can cause conflict between them.

I felt the story by Chinua Achebe and the poem by Philip Lankin gave me a great

appreciation on the impact parents have on their children lives. We all have experienced

our parent decision that we did not agree with. These two literatures have given me the

opportunity to realize parents are not always right.

This story "Marriage is a Private Affair" is dealing with a fathers decision

That his son did not agree with. In Okeke letter to his son Nnaemeka he told him, "I

found a girl who will suit you admirable" (239). I found it displeasing that his father

showed no concern that he did not love Ugoye. Nnaemkiah had already found a girl he

loved and was going to marry. When he told his father, I felt

The poem "This Be the Verse" also deals with parents decisions for their children. I did not see a strong connection with parent decisions. Then the first two sentences of the poem, "They fuck you up, your mum and dad" (1). "They may not mean to, but they do" (2) made me think they were referring to the decisions the children followed from their parents that messed up their lives. I felt the narrator went along with the decisions of their parents and it was not a good decision. The idea I got from the poem is that parents make decisions, kids follow them and it messes up their lives. It is not the fault of our parents, it was passed down to them.

Chinua Achebe "Marriage is a Private Affair". Exploring Literature. E.D. Frank Madden. New York: Longman, 2001, 238-242

My views of the story "Marriage is a Private Affair" and the poem "This Be the Verse" makes me view parents decision as someone else decisions and not your own. We often view our parent decisions as being the righ

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