LITERATURE ANSWER
(1) In Brenhoma society, childless
women have no respect. In fact, they
are always looked down upon. They
are treated with ignominy. Fate
decides the position of each woman is
especially when such a woman is able to bear a male child from whom the
family name is
sustained.
A case in point in Pokuwaa's
childlessness which was largely
decided by fate. Inspite of Pokuwaa's rare sacrificial efforts,
she could not have a child. She even
attributed her situation to men's
infertility. This made her to divorce and
re-married but to no
avail. One would say that Kofi Daafo and Kwaku fosu were
made. ( The story paints d picture of an unfortunate man who struggle in d
midst of hardship & tries to no avail. D
narrative techniques exemplified in d
novel " d old man & d sea" are as
follows br /> (i) irony (ii) language (iii) third person narrative
(iv) symbolism
(v) local colour
(vi) paradox. .
(i) irony : in d story, Santiago had
made d greatest catch of his life wit d marlin fish,but ironically, d sharks had
come to eat it up wit d result dat what
is brought to d shore is d carcass of d
skeleton. (ii)Language : The choice of
words is simple & straight forward
manner, however requires being familiar wit some maritime registers in
order 2 follow d event. The author
uses figurative expressions to convey
his messages.
(iii) 3rd person : The author uses 3rd
person point of view 2 pre- occupied his composition. He expresses it, he is
everywhere & knows everything
about d old man
(iv) symbolism : d author uses symbol
2 convey his messages like d use of
Rosary & holy pictures 2 depicts d strong catholic faith forming d
character of Santiago.
(v) local colour : d author uses spanish
words 2 reflect local colour of d
language of d rustics. It gives us a
clear picture of its Cuban setting. (vi) paradox : it is paradoxical dat d
boy's master who labours little & wit
less fishing experience catches fish
while a more experienced & skilled
old man does not catches any. More Loading......
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Title : ENGLISH LITERATURE ANSWER
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