Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow:
This thing happened long time ago when people first appeared on earth. One day, the people were told that if they didn’t want to die, they should send Chameleon with a fat piece of meat to take to the moon who would pass it to God.
They were also told to give Lizard a hoe to take to the moon. Then, if Chameleon reached the moon with the fat piece of meat before Lizard with the hoe, the people would not die, but would live forever. That day, the people never slept a wink. They stayed awake throughout the night and early the next morning. They sent Chameleon far ahead of Lizard. However, on the way, the temptation to taste the succulent appetizing piece of meat proved too great, so Chameleon stopped to taste a little meat. The meat proved to be tender and juicy and Chameleon ended up eating a chunk of it. The remaining piece that was to be taken to the moon became dirty, covered with soil. Once Chameleon realized that he was late, he lowered the meat down from his back and began to hurry, dragging it along. As Chameleon hurried along, all the other animals stared at him, sniggered and hid away. But of course, most of them have been envious of Chameleon for the important errand on which he had been sent. So they were happy to see that he had failed. By the time Chameleon reached the moon, with the dirty piece of meat, Lizard had already handed over to the moon and man thus lost the golden opportunity to acquire immorality. The moon chased away the Chameleon, and threw the dirty piece of meat after him. The hoe which Lizard carried was used by the Luo to dig graves and bury their dead. Death had been born. Since that time Chameleon messed up the Moon’s gift meat, the type of death from which an individual would die is fixed right on the day of his or her birth! And initially death didn’t come secretly to human beings. Death just sent word to whoever he wanted to take away to get ready on a particular day. But since no one liked to die, people used to give death a hard time. He always had to chase one person for days, before he overpowered and caught him. People used all sorts of tricks to evade death, so he decided to come secretly and catch them unawares. That’s why human beings never know the date they die. Questions:
(a) With illustrations, classify the above narrative.(2mks) ………………………
(b) Describe the character of the following as brought out in the narrative: (4mks)
(d) Give three functions of the narrative that you have identified in (a) above. (3mks) …………………………… (e) Identify and illustrate two economic activities of the community from which this narrative is drawn. (4mks) ………………………………… (f) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the narrative.(3mks)
ANSWERS
a)Myth (1mk)
Illustration – explains the origin of death (1mk) or Aetiological/explanatory narrative (1mk) Illustration – explains why human beings never know the date they die (1mk) (b) Lizard (i) Obedient/faithful - when sent to take a hoe the moon, he obediently does that (ii) Dutiful – when given instructions, he dutifully followed them (2mks) Chameleon (i) Unreliable – when sent to the moon, he does not go straight but stops on the way to taste a little meat. (ii) Greedy – on his way to the moon, he stops to taste a little meat and ends up eating a chunk of it. The meat was meant for the moon. (iii) Careless/imprudent – dirtifies the piece of meat and goes ahead to take to the moon [Character trait (1mk) Illustration – (1mk) (2mks) No mark for trait without illustration] (c) (i) Fantasy – impossible things in the real world are made possible in the story e.g. people sending the Chameleon and the Lizard to the Moon. (ii) Hyperbole/exaggeration – the Chameleon stops on the way to taste a little meat and ends up eating a chunk ofit. iii)Personification – death has been personified e.g. ‘he’ decided to come secretly and catch people unawares. (iv) Use of animal characters e.g. lizard and chameleon. (v) They story has moral lesson e.g. you should obedient. (3mks) – (Any 3) (d) Functions - Seeks to explain the origin of death. - Seeks to explain why human beings never know the day they die. - Entertains. - Reveals the existence of supernatural powers e.g. God and the Moon. (3mks) – (Any 3) (e) Economic activities (i) Crop farming – Presence of hoe. (ii) Animal keeping – A piece of meat was given to chameleon to take to the moon. (4mks) No mark without illustration (f) Sniggered – laughed in a way that was not nice. Immortality – ability to live forever. Succulent – juicy (3mks) (g) (i) Tricksters (ii) Legend (iii) Monster/ogre iv)Dilemma (1mk) (Any 1) Related Searches
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