What do you know about Nnaemeka's father in "Marriage is a Private Affair"?

Achebe
offers significant details throughout the short story "Marriage is a Private Affair"
that characterize Nnaemeka's father. Nnaemeka's father is depicted as a strict man who abides by
the traditional customs of his tribe. Throughout the short story, Nnaemeka father's shuns his
son for choosing to marry a woman from another tribe on his own. Nnaemeka's father stubbornly
insists that his son follow the traditional custom of marrying the woman his parents choose.
Nnaemeka's father is deeply hurt that his son neglected his advice to marry Ugoye and instead
married Nene. Nnaemeka's father is also depicted as an austere Christian, who constantly reads
the Bible and quotes scripture. However, he is also portrayed as a hypocrite because he does not
demonstrate the Christian ideals of forgiveness and mercy. He harbors hate and resentment in his
heart, which makes him a depressed, conflicted man. Toward the end of the story, Nnaemeka
father's is portrayed as man filled with guilt, who wasted valuable years shunning his son and
grandchildren.