[WAEC CHOCK] 2014 Waec Literature Paper 3(Essay)

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Bad Effects of colonialism- what colonialism can do to cultures is seen in this play. The culture is gradually disappearing, all because of colonialism. To be reckoned with, you have to go to school and be able to speak the colonialists’ language, dress like them, behave like them or else you are regarded as bush man, as people like Mrs. Brofusem regarded the lawyer.
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The poem creates the visual image of post independent frustration, hardship, penury, disappointment and hopelessness of African peasants. The peasants are presented as homeless, hungry, unhealthy and lean. The summary of the problem of poverty stricken and haggard-looking masses is presented in stanza one.
On raining mornings, the emaciated peasants are soaked (because they have no accommodation) and consequently shivering along the boulevards.
Secondly, the nation is backward technologically. the development in the area of agriculture (ricepads) and infrastructure (railway) has been paralyzed by shortsighted leaders.
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The theme of heroism;-There is war between the state of Bulgaria and its other allied force.During the war, Sergius a soldier,unprofessionally commands his regiments to move out of hiding to face the machine guns and soldiers and the enemy combatants.This charging soldiers would have been killed in the process but for the non availabilities of cartridges in the enemy combatants’ weaponry.
In his attempt to escape from being killed during the charge against his military group, Bluntschli runs away from the battle lines to take refuge in Raina’s room.Having successfully dislodge the enemy’s calvary by asking his regiment to charge at them as they do,Sergius assumes a sudden status of a hero.
(11) d poem evolves round d soothsayer or Astrologers whom d poet sees their calculations as blind as they themselves, that all his fate are entrusted 2 d person that had d knowledge of d world ie Almighty God. D poet shows his attitude towards his pre-occupation in d poem “upon an honest man’s fortune” by being challenging & defiance because he is confidence that d Astrologers’ hypothesis & calculations are wrong and queries them 2 prove themselves, rather than exploiting d downtrodden all in d name of fate.
The poet maintains that he would be vindicated at the end of d day, when generation unborn, would come 2 term wit his “poetic message” which d poet uses to bring normalcy 2 d whole situation at d end of d tunnel in d poem ” upon an honest man.


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