‘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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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.
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 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. 1. Imaginative composition (Compulsory) (20mks)
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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 ............... 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.
Write an essay to show the truth of the saying, ‘What you see is not always what you get.’
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