​STYLES AND STYLISTIC DEVICES - DIALOGUE

FATHERS OF NATIONS ​​STYLES AND STYLISTIC DEVICES

​Dialogue

​This is the most dominant style in the text, It is a direct conversation between two or more characters or a conversation between two different groups of people or a conversation between an individual and a certain group of people in the text. It has mainly been used to activate and dramatize several conflicts in the text.

1. There is dialogue between the guide (Mr.Abiola) and the four strangers who check in at the Seamount Hotel at Banjul. (Professor Kimani, Pastor Chiamaka, Comrade Melusi and Tahir) as he gives them the directives from AGDA (Pgs, 2,16, 19).
2. There is use of dialogue between the journalist Ms. Mckenzie and (the guide) Dr.Afolabi whereby Fiona calls Dr. Afolabi for the interview. (Pg4 -7)
3. Dialogue happens between Tuni and her dad, Professor Kimani; in it he tells her about MPs.(Pg 23).
4. Asiya and her husband Prof. Kimani dialogue as she tells him of her resolution to marry Newborn Walomu. (Pg 33)
5. There's dialogue between the MP Walomu and Prof. Kimani when Kimani confronts him about marrying his wife Asiya Omondi. (Pg 37)
6. Tad Longway and Prof. Kimani engage in dialogue as Tad tries to convince Prof to join AGDA. (Pg 39)
7. Dialogue happens among Leo, Fiona and Dr. Afolabi. In thisdialogue, Dr. Afolabi rescues Fiona then takes her to his room at the Seamount Hotel. (Pg 59).
8. A dialogue ensues between Tad Longway and Dr. Afolabi about his address at the Foundation for the Democratic Rule when Longway had come to talk to him about acting as a guide to Path Alpha. (Pg 73)
9. There is a dialogue involving Issa, Pamela and Dr. Afolabi about his new wife from the village who had been brought by his cousin Femi to help Dr. Afolabi in bearing children since his wife doesn't want to have children. (Pg 75).
10. Comrade Melusi and Tad Longway engage in a dialogue where Melusi tells Longway how he fought for freedom in Zimbabwe. Longway has come to convince Melusi to join AGDA. (Pg 99)
11. There's a dialogue between Tad and Chiamaka over the phone about joining AGDA. (Pg 116)
12. Tad and SeifTahir dialogue about the latter's joining AGDA as they talk more about the history of Libya ( Pg 124).
13. Fiona and Longway through a phone call at the booth of the Seamount Hotel. ( Pg 134) and on (Pg 137) over a drink at the Seamount Hotel .
14. Dr. Afolabi and Fiona dialogue in the latter's room at the Seamount Hotel —Afolabi confirms that he is the guide. (Pgl 39)
15. There's dialogue between Dr. Afolabi and the other presidents at the Summit.(Pg154). In this dialogue where he invites his counter parts to talk about Path Alpha, Bangoura dialogues with the congregants at the summit as he lead them in making a choice between Path Alpha and Way Omega. (Chapter 140).

​Rhetorical questions

​These are questions asked to make a point or create a dramatic effect. They do not require answers since they are used to persuade or to pause.

1. Pg 5 One minute, five minutes-where is the difference?
2. Pg 10 All looked happy and why not?
3. Pg 63 Why do people like to say lies?
4. Pg75 Lees now drop this gibberish for a while, okay?
5. Pg78. .and who told you she hates children?
6. Pg87... what freedom and what work?
7. Pg103.. .had the man not taken it there?
8. Pgl 04.. .and signing his own death warrant in the bargain?
9. Pgl 17. .. 'had he not closed down all foreign military? Then had he not nationalised all foreign business in the country?
10. Pg120...'who has not at one time or another misinterpreted a kind word from a friend?
11. Pg150...was it not invented by the cleverest twenty of the world's best and brightest, each a Nobel prize winner?
12. Pg173...how could he answer a question he has not heard and he was determined not to hear?
13. Pg182...has the trick not saved the day? had it not eliminated the need for the consensus he could not achieve?