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In "The Arrangers of Marriage," Ofodile is Chinaza's husband. He's studying to be a doctor in New York and believes that the only way to get ahead is to fully assimilate into American culture. He goes by the name “Dave Bell” and requires Chinaza to cook American food and speak American English. He married an American woman to get his green card and had a number of girlfriends, and kept that information from Chinaza.
Ofodile Quotes in The Thing Around Your Neck
The The Thing Around Your Neck quotes below are all either spoken by Ofodile or refer to Ofodile. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Arrangers of Marriage
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They did not warn you about things like this when they arranged your marriage. No mention of offensive snoring, no mention of houses that turned out to be furniture-challenged flats.
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You left your husband? Aunty Ada would shriek. Are you mad? Does one throw away a guinea fowl's egg? Do you know how many women would offer both eyes for a doctor in America? For any husband at all?
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Ofodile Quotes in The Thing Around Your Neck
The The Thing Around Your Neck quotes below are all either spoken by Ofodile or refer to Ofodile. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Arrangers of Marriage
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They did not warn you about things like this when they arranged your marriage. No mention of offensive snoring, no mention of houses that turned out to be furniture-challenged flats.
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You left your husband? Aunty Ada would shriek. Are you mad? Does one throw away a guinea fowl's egg? Do you know how many women would offer both eyes for a doctor in America? For any husband at all?
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