‘JUANA’S STEADFAST SPIRIT MAKES HER A PILLAR OF STRENGTH TO HER FAMILY.’ DRAWING ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE PEARL BY STEINBECK, SUPPORT THE STATEMENT.Introduction
People who have a strong will power have a tendency of providing support to their loved ones in times of need. This is clearly demonstrated by Juana’s acts of self-sacrifice in The Pearl.
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She comes to the aid of her family when she single mindedly seeks medical care for Coyotito. Juana is decisive when she tells her neighbours that they should go and get the doctor. The people answer almost in a chorus that the doctor will not come. But her optimism and determination does not stop at her people's pessimism. She being a woman of action says that they will go to the doctor if he will not come to them. The roles are reversed and Juana takes the centre stage making the important decisions on her son’s behalf.
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She is determined to save Coyotito’s life when he is stung by the scorpion. When the scorpion bites Coyotito, she takes it up to herself to suck out the poison from the bite. Unlike Kino who is vengeful and decides to smash the scorpion instead of concentrating on the harm that has already been done. It turns out that sucking out the poison was a timely thing to do because it is the only thing that saves the child.
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She is dedicated to her family at the beginning of the novel. Prepares a meal, when Kino awakens he looks at her admirably.
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She is insistent on discarding the pearl, a source of evil. She tells Kino that the pearl is evil and that it will destroy all of them. Kino sees success in the pearl which has turned him into a paranoid individual. At night, there is attempt to rob them again. In the fracas Kino is beaten into half consciousness. Juana repeats the same refrain "Kino this pearl is evil, let us destroy it before it destroys us....... Let us throw it back into the sea.....kino it is evil, it is evil." Kino a hardliner now insists that he is a man and that he will defeat the evil. Juana reminds him that man, like any other animal can be killed. Juana takes the pearl deep into the night and wants to throw it back into the sea. Conclusion
From the foregoing, it is evident that Juana’s commitment, persistence, determination and resolute nature cushions the family, especially, during adversity. Therefore, people ought to be selflessly committed to their loved ones.
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Secrets and mistrust among people can be detrimental to their relationships. Using Dilman Dila’s ‘Stones Bounce on Water’, write an essay to justify the truth of the statement.Introduction
People who keep issues from one another are bound to have poor relations especially if the truth is uncovered.
(Any relevant introduction)
Si The secret affair between Peter and Chelsea creates a sense of mistrust in Winnie. Winnie almost drops her cup when Chelsea remarks that she would spend her next honeymoon there. Pg 152, ‘You won’t shut me up! There is something between you and Chelsea! This assertion is true as in the end Peter and Chelsea get married after Winnie’s death.
Sii Simon secretly adds alcohol to Meg’s tea against Joe’s wishes. On pg 148, Joe had always suspected that Meg had secret bottles and on asking Simon he denies it. Joe looks at Simon with a sneer to show his disapproval. Meg is actually driven into alcoholism due to the mistrust that exists between her and the business partners. Simon says that he was sure Joe would reprimand Meg, pg 149.
Siii Tim, Winnie’s Cousin, secretly plans Winnie’s murder so as to be a beneficiary of Winnie’s wealth. Pg 149, Winnie talks about the how Tim would inherit her money and when Winnie’s body is found and investigations are conducted, Okello the guard says that he was drugged, even though the evidence is scanty it is later discovered that Tim had contacted a poacher in Kenya before he got to Uganda
Siv. Even after conspiring to murder Winnie and become heirs of her wealth, Tim and Peter do not trust each other and they disagree on how they are to share what they had acquired. They testify against one another making it easy for the courts to make a judgement, pg 163.
Sv. Winnie mistrusts everybody who is around her. She believes someone wants to kill her so as to benefit from her wealth. When fire cracker goes off, she believes it was asset up for them to run so as someone would add poison to her tea. She cannot even eat the food prepared by the cooks since she believes it is poisoned. She even asks whether they would deposit her body at the pond, pg 152.
Conclusion
In conclusion, relationships shrouded in mistrust and secrets are bound to fail.
In life people have to fight for their space. Justify this statement using Minik ene Nkoitoi as seen in Blossoms of the Savannah (20 marks)
Introduction
Nothing is given on a silver platter. One must go out and create his or her own space. This is clearly seen in Blossoms of the Savannah, where Minik ene Nkoitoi fights for her space in a male dominated society.
OR In Blossoms of the Savannah, Minik ene Nkoitoi fights to assert herself and have her voice heard in a male dominated society. For instance she stands up against retrogressive cultural practices like female genital mutilation. (Any other suitable introduction) 2 marks Points of Interpretation
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, it is evident that Minik ene Nkoitoi fights for her space in a society that is trying to pull her down.
“Greed leads to evil.” Write a composition to show the truth of this statement using illustrations from John steinbeck’s The Pearl.Accept a relevant introduction
Accept a relevant conclusion. A marriage founded on falsehood and secrets is bound to fall apart. To what extent do you agree with the statement? Draw your illustrations from the play A Doll’s House.
Marriage should be founded on mutual trust between the wife and husband. Any sort of secret r insincerity between them is bound to bring irreparable damage to the marriage once the truth comes in.
Nora has many secrets and falsehoods that she keeps behind her husband. She secretly borrows a loan from Krogstad to fund her husband’s trip to Italy for his recovery. She has kept this matter a secret from him for eight years and is not ready to reveal it to him any time soon.
The secret is finally revealed when Krogstad writes a letter t her husband that exposes the forgery. Helmer reacts angrily to this discovery and Nora angry that he does not understand her,decides to walk out of the marriage.
Nora also is not sincere on how she uses the money she gets from Krogstad. She saves most of it to repay Krogstad’s loan. She says that she has survived on cheap clothes and also keeps borrowing money from him to service the loan.
All this is discovered at the end of the play. They react differently to the discovery making their marriages to break.
Nora cheats Krogstad that there was nobody who had visited him when he was way while krogstad has just left the room where he had been pleading with her to speak to her husband to prevent the sack.
As she cheats him thus,her husband has just met with him as he leaves the house. Nora’s speaking to krogstad and refusing to admit it reveals a very serious weakness in the marriage. It shows mistrust and underscores the dark secrets that Nora has been keeping behind her husband. Finally, some of these actions contribute to the dissolution of the marriage.
Nora cheats her husband that she has forgotten the dance practice and dances poorly so that she can compel her husband to help her practice. The truth is that she had not forgotten how to dance but wants to buy time so that her husband cannot open the letter box.
She and Christine have agreed to keep him as much as possible from his letters so that she can speak to krogstad first. Nora instead should just be open with her husband and tell him the truth. She increases tension in their marriage and is the one show suffers most. Finally,the truth comes out and the marriage breaks. It is important for a couple to be sincere with each other no matter the seriousness of the matter. This can help prevent far – reaching damage to their marriage. Resian in the Blossoms of the savannah seems to experience several challenging situations in her life. In the scenarios she seems resolute in her actions as shown in the following ways.
Oloisudori declares his intention of marrying her at an early age. This follows after he changes his initial plan: extorting Kaelo. He demands that she should first be circumcised so as to get rid of her state as nemengalana intoiye.
He intends to use anesthesia to make her unconscious and grab her. Resian resolves not to be married. She tells Oloisudori point blank that she cannot be his wife. She returns the gifts that he had earlier brought and escapes to her father;s shop. Her father beats her so as to submit to the marriage,but Resian remains steady is her decision. A number of callous youth in Nasila wish to assult resian and Taiyo. In the first days,Resian and Taiyo take a walk around uncle simiren compound. All of a sudden a young man emerges from the blues and grabs Taiyo. Resian order the callous young man to release Taiyo immediately. The Young man has no option but to give in though he promises to revisit his grave decision.
Though in a dream,enkamuratani and other two women surround Resian to circumcise her holding an olmurunya. Although Resian is in a strange land and is defenseless she does her best to combat the situation.
Determined,Resian twists enkamuratani’s hand with an intention of ensuring that she does not initiate other girls in the future. She knocks the old witch using a mallet as well as fights the third woman until she disappears.
Olarinkoi disappears with Resian to a far hut in the forest. He locks her up and returns very late in the night while drank. Once he returns,he is in his mission of raping her. He unzips and this gesture sets her trembling. She bites Olarinkoi’s thumb so that the pain reduces his action of rape.
Owing to the fact that Resian had earlier witnessed Olarinkoi’s fiery attacks when he dealt with two callous men,it calls for a lot of determination on the part of Resian to tackle him. In summary,from the above illustrations it is evident that Resian suffers rough challenging times in her life but she deals with all these situations with determination. Imaginative composition (Compulsory) (20mks)
Either
A) Write a composition beginning with the statement: The cool and calm Saturday evening was suddenly interrupted………….. or B) Write a composition to validate the saying: Birds of a feather flock together ............... 2. Compulsory set text (20 marks)
H.R. Olekulet: Blossoms of the Savannah
“The frustrations faced by people in the contemporary times can be traced to the conduct of a few morally diseased individuals in society. Write an essay supporting this statement drawing from Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah. 3. Optional set texts 20mksAnswer any one of the following three questions:
Either
A) Short Stories Chris Wanjala : The Short Stories Religious hypocrisy leads to exploitation of the ignorant in society. Write an essay in support of this statement, drawing your illustrations from SegunAfolabi’sThe Folded Leaf.
B) Drama
Inheritance by David Mulwa LakunaKasoo’s leadership is a mockery of civilized societies. Show the truth of this statement using illustrations from the play.
Or
C) The novel: The Pearl – John Steinbeck. We can always count on support from our families during difficult times. With illustrations from John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, show the truth of this statement. Write an essay to show how citizens suffer due to bad leadership. Base your arguments on David Mulwa’s Inheritance.
The citizens suffer because of bad leadership. Lacuna Kasoo is a dictator who demands to be obeyed. Those who refuse to obey him are incarcerated or killed. Those who oppose him, like Bengo, are imprisoned.
Illustrations
Lacuna asks Judah Zen Melo to kill his brother Bengo because Bengo is opposing him. When Judah refuses, he is put out by Lacuna and he cannot get employment. His family suffers in his absence as Tamina his wife cannot make ends meet.
Bad leadership causes suffering because Lacuna refuses to give licenses to farmers and they cannot grow or sell their products. He then buys the land cheaply and other people work on their farms as slaves. Lacuna employs people from his clan even when they are uneducated because he wants loyalty even if it is at the expense of efficiency. Lulu and 300 other children are sent home for school fees as the school wants a perimeter wall and a computer laboratory, and money for examinations.
As a leader, Lacuna stashes away money in foreign accounts and the people are charged high taxes in order to repay the loans that he enjoys with his ministers and councilors.
Lacuna gives the imperialists a dam and the people spend a whole day getting a little amount of the precious commodity from the dam. Lacuna wants to marry Lulu forcefully because, as a leader, he assumes that he can do whatever he wants. He even has Lulu’s father murdered and this causes Tamina and Lulu untold suffering. Conclusion
Bad leadership brings a lot of suffering to the citizens. They lack food and basic necessities like water, they lose their loved ones like Tamina and Lulu, ‘they also lose their property. This causes disillusionment among the people.
Write an essay to show the truth of the saying, ‘What you see is not always what you get.’
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