2024 WAEC GCE FIRST SERIES (JANUARY) LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: 2024 WAEC GCE First Series Literature in English ANSWERS (1240)

Literature III

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 The poem describes the opposing experiences between two birds: one bird is able to live in nature as it pleases, while a different caged bird suffers in captivity. Due to its profound suffering, the caged bird sings, both to cope with its circumstances and to express its own longing for freedom. Using the extended metaphor of the two birds, Angelou paints a critical portrait of oppression in which she illuminates the privilege and entitlement of the un-oppressed, and conveys the simultaneous experience of suffering and emotional resilience. In particular, the poem's extended metaphor can be seen as portraying the experience of being a member of the African American community. In other words The caged bird sings fearfully of things he does not know, but still wants, and his song can be heard from as far away as distant hills, because the caged bird sings about freedom

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Pun on Home; Pun is a play on words to produce humorous effect. It is usually common with homonyms. In this poem, the poet played on the words ‘home’ and ‘booze’.

‘Home’ in this poem has different shades of meaning. It was used in lines 2, 10, 17, 29 and 32. At the beginning of the poem, home refers to the physical home of the persona. Although we can say, it was the real home in the mind of the persona but the poet meant more than that considering retirement could also mean death in the real sense of life.

In line 33, home refers to grave or heaven. This is where absolute rest resides. The freedom the persona desires from call to duty rests in the grave. People are solely at peace when then are laid to rest. Hence the line Home to rest in peace.

In line 30, Booze is used as noun to mean an intoxicating drink taken by the persona whereas the meaning of the verb ‘boozed’ is altered to mean that the persona’s vision was blurred and he made a wrong decision.

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Lamboi's reflection summarizes for us all his evil deeds towards ascending the throne of Moyamba. One death leads to another but the desired end still looks remote. The question, therefore, is how many more would be killed to satisfy this inordinate ambition? Is the throne really worth these killings? Yes, it is a dream and a fantasy for Lamboi as acting chief; he feels so close to power now but it is still very remote in actual sense. The rumour mill is agog now with the news that Yoko has used Jeneba as sacrifice; buried her alive in a big pot to fortify her power and acquire more power to gain the favour of the Governor. Musa is on this assignment. Rumour wears a conflicting garment of reality and the feeble-minded admires such easily and that is the strategic capital Lamboi and Musa are exploiting. The duo of Lamboi and Musa use a multi-pronged approach to drive home their design to discredit Yoko. In addition to the rumour mill, they also cash in on the belief system of the people by making a false claim that the Gbeni oracle revealed Yoko as the murderer of Jeneba. It is instructive that Ndapi, the father of Jeneba, who is most hurt is the one who also stops the powerful Sande women cult from deposing Queen Yoko because of this supposed dreadful deed. Ndapi as an important cultural icon in the land would not want utter disregard for royalty and cultural proceedings, even though he is grieved. To take the law into their hands is to invite anarchy which is precisely the wish of Lamboi and Musa. Lamboi and Musa's plan is effectively on course;

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Revolving around the trials and tribulations of the Maxson family, Fences is a great example of a family drama. We watch Troy struggle to fulfill his role as father to his son and husband to his wife. You could say that Troy doesn't do such a great job in either role; before his death, his family has all but disintegrated due of his failures. However, by the end of the play, we see that the family has also grown by his example. Fences depicts the complex dynamics that both tear families apart and hold them together. Whereas Troy thinks that his adultery is something permissible, and which Rose should be able to accept and wrap her head around because of all the sacrifices he’s made to support the family, Rose rejects this. She affirms that she’s made sacrifices too, but they transcend sacrifices motivated merely by making money and doing one’s job as a provider in getting food on the table and maintaining the house. Rather, Rose’s ‘duty’ is one of staying together and protecting the bonds of the family bonds which she, again, sees as something never to be broken.

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