WAEC GCE 2021 LITERATURE DRAMA & POETRY

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The photographer who came to Ilunjinle took many photos of the village and its inhabitants. Captivated by Sidi, he published many images of her that were stunningly beautiful.... making her famous, and as a result, attracting the attention of men in the village. Sidi is consumed by the photos, and is unable to see past her own beauty. it's all about her.

On another note, the stranger is important because his camera symbolizes modernity. It is a newfangled object to the extent that one of the village girls calls it a "one-eyed box" (10). It is able to capture Sidi's young, beautiful image and reproduce it for everyone to see and gaze on in perpetuity.

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The play, fences by August Wilson, portrays racism as one of the themes in the play. The play which is set during the period of time when the fights against segregation are barely blossoming results. Troy, an African American who works in the sanitation department and where dreams are thwarted is made prone to believing in self-created illusions. Racism plays a very influential role in Troy's life but more importantly, it has been the force behind his actions that has seen him make biased and judgemental decisions for himself and his family. The trials of Troy's life are filled with racial discrimination which mentally scars him. His attitude and behaviour towards others are governed by experiences and in most cases, he uses the symbol of death in his frictional stories to represent the oppression of the white.

This ultimately destroys his relationship with Bono, who looks up to him as a role model. Both of them met in prison and later works as garbage collectors u the same company. Bono admires Troy's leadership skills and responsibility at work

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The Leader and the Led is a poem of twenty-four lines arranged into twelve stanzas each with two lines; an overall of twelve couplets. Beyond its form, the poem theorises the necessary embodiments of a leader. The poem begins with the picture of an animal gathering in their quest for one who would be their leader. Some animals “stake their claim to the leadership” position; lion, hyena, giraffe, zebra, elephant, warthog, and rhino all said “it’s their right to lead”. But the colleagues (that they want to rule) only picked out their faults and flaws instead. When they could not see a flawless and perfect leader to pick, the Forest Sage calls their attention to what they need in a leader. In other words the lion “stakes his claim” to the leadership position but the antelopes remember his “ferocious pounce” on them. A leader does not feed on his subjects; thus, the lion is ruled out.

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In 'Do not Go Gentle into that Good night' the poet-persona acknowledge that death is inevitable. However, it does not mean that people should simply give up and give in to death. Rather, the persona argues that people should fight, fiercely and bravely against death. In essence, he also suggests that death helps people to know that life is precious and worth-living.

The poem attempt to teach people how to face death. It begins with an open fact, death is certain. The persona says in line, "wise men at their end know dark is right". In order words, they know that they cannot escape death. But that doesn't mean that the wise men accept death. Instead they "do not go gentle into that good night".

They resist death by trying to win more time. The persona sees this as an example to emulate. He talks about a series of different people - "wise men", good men, "wild men" and "grave men" - who do fight against death. When these people are confronted with death, they realise that they haven't accomplished everything they want. So they fight for more.