Read the story below and then answer the questions which follow:
CHINSARA MOGUTA
There was once a man who had two wives. Each of his wives bore him a son. Unfortunately, one of the wives died and so one of the sons lost his mother. The son whose mother was alive was called Jaja Mongera. It happened that the father loved his motherless son more than he loved Jaja. Naturally Jaja’s mother was unhappy about such open favouritism and complained bitterly about it. For instance, she wondered why her husband took Jaja with him to the bush to trap Chinsara moguta (a. kind of wild animal) and why he never took the motherless son with him on such dangerous expeditions. . . . . .. Usually, what happened was that the father set his trap in the bush, then left for home, leaving Jaja to keep watch over it. If a. Chinsara moguta was caught, then Jaja would take it, kill it, and carry it home. One day, it happened that a big fat Chinsara moguta was caught by the trap which Jaja’s father had set and had left him to watch.When Jaja. raised his matchet to kill the Chinsara Moguta. he cried and begged him to set him free. “Please, please, do me a favour, untrap me and let me go I too will one day come to your rescue” Jaja was quiet for a while, lost in deep thought. “ All right”, Jaja finally said with a sigh. He freed the animal, “ you can go”. Then Jaja collected his things and carried them home. At home, he reported to his father that the trap caught nothing. But somehow his father being very shrewd man, learnt the truth, and was displeased with his son’s deceit. So he sat very quietly and never said a word, only gnashing his teeth and throwing ugly glances at Jaja and his mother. Early the following morning, he told Jaja to make the usual things they often took to the bush for trapping animals. But in addition to these, the father also took materials that are used to constructing a house. The two went up to a place where they usually trapped Chinsara moguta. The father got busy. He cut poles and grass and began to built a small hut. While the father stayed outside, Jaja assisted him from inside the hut, the two built a fine small hut. But it was an usual one. In that it had neither a window nor a door. It puzzled the young man. He’d never seen such a hut before. “ Father , how shall I get out and how will you get in here? Jaja asked in good faith. “ Don’t worry”, the father replied, “ I’ll cut and remove a portion of the wall to make an entrance.” Jaja kept quiet and waited. Inside the hut was dark and damp. Soon it was all quiet outside. Jaja became alarmed and called his father, but there was no response. It was all very still and deathly quite. Jaja realized that his father had gone away and abandoned him in the bush that was full of wild animals. He was being punished for having freed a Chinsara moguta. The young man called, wept and cried, but all in vain. Only the echo of the jungle replied. Fear and despondency gripped him when he realized that at night, one of the wild animals could destroy the little hut and devour him. At home, his mother wept and grieved for him. The father had reported that the young man had been killed by one of the wild animals. The woman raised the alarm and announced the death of her son to the people. Bitter enemity and hatred that had, for years smouldered between the couple regarding the husband’s treatment of her son, now flared up and became like a destructive forest fire. In time, Jaja was mourned and forgotten, except for his mother who never forgave he husband for having killed her son. Anyway, what happened was that after Jaja ‘s father went away and left him alone in the little hut wild animal attempted to destroy the hut, but they all failed. Lastly , the Chinsara moguta that Jaja had helped to escape came along and asked, singing: “ is this a patch of bush? Or is there a human being in there? X2 On hearing the song, Jaja replied in a song, singing: “ I am not a patch of bush But a human being (x3) My father sent me to kill the Chinsara moguta That was caught in his trap, but I let him escape” When the Chinsara moguta heard Jaja’s song, he remembered what he had told Jaja. So he destroyed the hut and freed him. Then he led him to a hill somewhere. “Lie ‘-down and keep still,” the Chinsara moguta told Jaja. “When you hear lots of noises made by chicken, goats, sheep and cattle, don’t open your eyes. Just keep them tightly closed. But. when you hear children’s voices calling, “Father, Father, Father, open your eyes and get up.” Jaja Mongera obeyed the Chinsara moguta’s directives even though he was afraid. Soon he heard the noises made by all the domestic animals. But he didn’t.-. open hiseyes, he kept them closed. Then he heard the sound and voices of many chicken who called out, “Father, Father, Father”, and he opened his eyes. Jaja .felt mesmerized. The hill was full of cattle, sheep, goats, chicken and children, plus all the other amenities which man needs in life. Jaja took everything including the mothers of those children and built a large home. Chinsara moguta disappeared and Jaja was now a rich man. Soon people began to go to Jaja Monge-ra’s home for milk and other foodstuffs which they didn’t have. Rumours about his riches reached far and wide in Kisii land. His mother too heard about the rich man called Jaja Mongera and became curious - could the man be her lost son ? One day she set out to go herself and find out the truth. She went to buy milk from Jaja’s home. The woman looked at Jaja and found that he closely resembled her son who was supposed to have died. “You look so much like my son who got killed by wild animals years ago when he went hunting with his father” Oh,” Jaja remembered, “It is strange the way human beings sometimes look so much alike, even though they may not be related”. “Life is indeed complicated”, the mother replied But in your case I am truly overwhelmed because even your names are the same. He too, was called Jaja Mongera”. “Well, that’s interesting,” Jaja said pulling at his beard.- “Tell me more about your son.. How did he get killed, when and where ?“ The mother- proceeded to give detailed account of the circumstances which led to her son’s death -and how the father never brought back even a bloody piece of the young man’s clothes to prove that he had been killed by a wild animal. When she came to the conclusion of her account, Jaja was convinced he was the woman’s lost son; They were very happy and Jaja slaughtered a huge bull and organized an elaborate feast for his mother. He invited all his neighbours to come and meet his mother. - After some days, when the feast was over, Jaja Mongera’s mother returned to her home. She reported to her husband how she had found her son, Jaja Mongera, and that after all; he hadn’t been killed by wild animals. On hearing the news Jaja Mongera’s father also went off to visit his son. However, Jaja hadn’t forgiven his father for the punishment he meted on him because he had freed a Chinsara Moguta. So instead of slaughtering a bull for him, he prepared and cooked a sick dog for the old man, and tipped off his children and his wives not to eat it. On his way back, the father fell sick and died. Now, Jaja Mongera went to his old home and collected his mother and the other children to come and live with him. He left his motherless; brother, who had been the father’s favourite, alone in the old home!. (The Kisii narrative recorded by Isaiah Okiomeri) Questions
a) Classify this narrative? (2mks)
…………………………………………………… b) State and illustrate one aspect of character for each of the following: (i) Jaja’s Mother …………………………………… (ii) Jaja Mongera.. ………………………………… c) With specific illustration state two moral lesson that we learn from this narrative. (4mks) …………………………………………………………………… d) Mention and illustrate one economic and one social activity of the community from where the narative is drawn. (i) Economic activity(2mks) …………………………………… (ii) Social activity(2mks) ……………………………………… e) Identify two narrative techniques used in the story and show the effect achieved by each. (4mks) ………………………………………………… f) Explain why the narrative used the following phrase. ‘gnashing his teeth ‘ and ‘throwing ugly glances’ ………………………………………………… ANSWERS
(a) human tale-has human characters
(b)Jaja’s mother -Concerned –about her son -Sentimental-wept and grieved for her son -Unforgiving-she never forgave her husband (Accept any one and any other suitable Trait)-1mk Example-1 mk (1+1=2marks) Jaja mongera vengeful-he avenged on his father (c)-One is punished for his wrong deeds. Father left his son to die, was later poisoned by his son -It is unfair to favor one member of your family and be harsh on the other. Father favoured the son of his dead wife whilehe was harsh on Jaja Kindness is paid by kindness-Jaja feared the animal which freed him -Punishment should be given according to the degree of offence. Jaja was given too harsh punishment for setting the wild free (Accept any 2 and any other suitable one Lesson-1mk illustration 1mk (2+2 =4marks (c)Economic activity - Cattle Keeping –mention of cattle ,sheep,goat,chicken,milk -Hunting/trapping e.g from the passage (Accept any 1 and any other suitable one ) Activity-1mark illustration-1mark(1+1=2marks) Social activity -Welcome people/guests by feasting e.g from the passage -Announcing the death of somebody to the people e.g. from the passage Polygamy Accept any 1 and any other suitable one Activity-1mark illustration-1mark = 2marks) (e)Personification-Chinsara given human qualities, Joe signifies strangers/other people are more helpful than your own kin. Use of dialogue-father and son/Jaya and Chinsara gives variation in tone Suspense-Jaja waited in the hut. Audience wait in suspense so makes them attentive/creates interest Use of song-Jaja and Chinsara sing a song. Conveys a message/joins two episodes Simile: ‘Like a destructive forest fire’ shows the intensity of her anger (Accept any 2 and any other suitable one )(2+2=4marks) (f)-The expression enriches language adding flavour to the story -The use of phrases like ‘gnashing his teeth’ and ‘throwing ugly glances’ have dramatic effects (1+1=2mks) Related Searches
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