2019 WAEC GCE LITERATURE ANSWERS
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INSTRUCTION: answer one question only from each section
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SECTION A{AFRICAN PROSE}
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After the mysterious death of her elder sister, Baby T, Fofo demands for justice from the government. Through stings of events, she lcomes across Kabria, a mother of three and a member of MUTE that was portrayed to poison in the mute company MUTE is a non governmental. Organisation primarily invested in portion and information building. Kabria with the rest of the members of MUTE and the presenter of Harvest FM; Slyo Po embarks on investigative journalism and research work to unveil the causes of street life for children and more importantly, to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Baby T, a street child.
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Yaremi is the protagonist of the narative. Yaremi is a strong,energetic woman in her mid fifties.Yaremi,although recently widowed,copes with life fairly well after the death of her husband. She is left to cater for herself and her grandson, Woye. Yaremi's main occupation is dyeing taffeta cloths in indigo solution.she is maker and seller of dyed taffeta cloth.she work in her dye yard with Woye and they work tirelessly.
Woye is Segi's grand child.He is a healthy child except for an instance in the narrative where he fall sick .He is a curious child loves to gather scraps and other items that have been cast away. He is the son of Segi, Yaremi’s daughter. He loves to play football ,he is a great dribbler. He lived with Yaremi until it was time for him to start school in Olode. He kept Yaremi company and assisted her in making taffeta products which she sold in different markets.
In other words Yaremi is now left with her grandson and her taffeta dyeing business. These are her only consolation and she wastes no time in giving herself to them. Woye is not bothered by the present state of things, being only a child. Lately, he has begun to show serious signs of his interest in schooling. Without hesitation, he tells his mother Segi, about his desire to go back to Olode with her to start schooling. The time is ripe to enroll Woye in the kindergarten school and the Anglican Junior Primary School at Olode is Segis choice for her son. Early the following morning, Segi and her son bid farewell to Yaremi, leaving her lonelier than before. She is not happy with Woyes departure, but she is not going to deny her grandson education.
Woyes likes to listen to Yaremi's stories.From listening to Yaremi 's tales ,he knows the stories of the tortoises who disgraced himself with a meal of pottage at his in laws' house ,the hungry baboon,the red monkey and the bandy - legged hyena.
Woye is a hardworking child and worthy companion to Yaremi. He 'drives' to other villages whenever Yaremi sends him to ask her debtors to pay up their debt
Yaremi is a committed grandmother. She takes very good care of Woye. She nurses Woye back health when he fall sick .she teaches him alot about work and dignity of labour.
4) Victimisation and oppression of women: In many African societies, men see themselves as superior beings who should be held in high esteem by their inferior beings―women. A man cannot die a natural death; a woman must be the cause of his death through her sins. Therefore, the woman must be made to suffer humiliation, insult and assault.
Men beat women at the slightest provocation and one cannot help but wonder who gave them the right. A woman must carry out her tasks dutifully ranging from working on the farm, taking care of the children, cooking for the family and showering love and affection on her husband, failure in any of these leading to serious argument and beating.
As if women have not had enough, men arrogate to themselves the right to marry as many wives as they want. They change their older wives as they change their dirty linens. As a result, the women see themselves fighting and competing for the love and affection of one man―their husband.
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SECTION B{NON-AFRICAN PROSE}
5) Mary's ignorance of her privilege and the fear it causes Bigger form the backdrop of the series of events that unfortunately spell her end.
Let's take a look at her final moments alive.
Mary and Jan take Bigger out for food. As they drive through the night, the two white folks hand a bottle of rum back and forth. Then they give Bigger a few swigs. Mary gets out of the car, clearly drunk, and asks Bigger to help her to her room. She passes out in Bigger's arms while his fear grows as he tries to find her room. Mary keeps falling against Bigger, brushing various parts of her body against him. He notices these glancing brushes and eventually leans into a kiss, knowing it is wrong. His hands slide along her body and her breasts fall into them. Mary sleeps all through his groping.
Suddenly, Mary's blind mother walks into the room. Bigger holds first his hand and then a pillow in front of Mary's mouth to try and keep her from making a noise to reveal him. He ends up pushing too hard and Mary dies while her mother is in the room. Mrs. Dalton only believes Mary to be ''dead drunk'' and eventually leaves.
6) It was seen as significance to many characters in the novel because it provides vivid evidence to the court house to prove his criminal tendencies, making it easier to convict him for the murder of mary Dalton
Bessie's murder is no more planned than Mary's was again, Bigger murders simply because he can see no other choice available to him. In Bessie's case, Bigger is on the run from the police, and Bessie has become a nuisance. As he waits with her in an abandoned building, he considers his options: If he leaves her behind, she'll almost certainly tell the truth when she is found and questioned. On the other hand, he cannot take her with him, because she's highly emotional and will slow him down. Faced with these two choices, Bigger chooses a tragic third option: he first rapes Bessie, and then kills her and throws her body down a shaft.
Discussion of Bessie's Murder at Bigger's Trial
Although Bessie's murder is far more violent than Mary's, Bigger is never tried for it. In fact, Bessie's murder is only used as evidence in Bigger's trial for murdering Mary. Max, Bigger's lawyer, notes this at the trial.
8) Matilda is the beautiful 18-year-old daughter of Manfred and Hippolita, and Conrad’s sister. Matilda is intelligent, pious, and completely devoted to her mother. Though she originally intended to become a nun rather than marry, she falls in love with Theodore and helps him escape her father. Seeing her in a church with Theodore, Manfred thinks she is Isabella and accidentally kills her. She dies as an innocent, and her death transforms her father who immediately repents of all of his actions.
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