Snapshots of a Wedding

This story is about a man named Kegoletile, who is the bridegroom. He is going to marry Neo, because she is well educated and not Mathata because Mathata is not well educated. Both women are pregnant with Kegoletile's child and when he must choose which woman to marry he chooses Neo because of her education. With her good education, Neo will have the opportunity to earn a lot of money. Kegoletile seems like he is blaming his choice on the expectations of society. As the author says, "They all wanted as wives, women who were big money-earners and they were so ruthless about it! And yet it was as though society itself stamped each of its individuals with its own particular brand of wealth and Kegoletile had not yet escaped it." Neo is rude and stuck up, and even her family says so, while Mathata is kind and beautiful. Yet Kegoletile still chooses Neo just because of the issue of money. When Neo's aunt warns Neo about how she has been misbehaving and not using manners and that her husband will not like her, Neo finally gets a clue and starts reserving herself. Sometimes a little sense has to be knocked into a person. When Neo is threatened with the idea of her husband rejecting her because of her poor behavior, she snaps out of her daze of arrogence. When a person is faced with losing something that is very important to them they will often be willing to change in order to keep from losing that something.