FATHERS OF NATIONS EXCERPT 2 :
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
"Why do you want to steal my wife?"
"The word I used is 'marry'. You prefer 'steal'?"
"What good is she to you?" Kimani cursed himself for that wording: he had degraded not only his wife but also himself, and in the same breath, upgraded his foe.
"What good is she to me? Because she is much older than I am? — is that what you mean? Then hear my answer. Old is gold."
Mr Walomu's opponents had a different answer: ' 'When a cat gets into a pigeon coop," they said, "it kills all the pigeons it finds there, not just those it will eat".
Mr Walomu had already eaten three pigeons and now had in his paws a fourth: Asiya. Strewn along his path, lay many others he had killed but not eaten. So who could say for sure that,months hence, Asiya would not become one of these?
Mr Walomu's opponents continued. "As for what you call 'stealing', a professor in Texas saysthat lots of people do it. He threw in a Swahili to support his claim.
"Na hivyo ndivyo ilivyo." To help it along, he gave an appropriate English equivalent. "And that's how the cookie crumbles."
That was mockery Professor Kimani felt had to reject. "You have three beautiful wives," he began. This was a silly start, as even he realised. Had he not sounded like an envious loser? Nonetheless, he went on. "All of them are young."
"And young they'll still be the day I die," Walomu added.
"Karanja, you know the saying: 'A real bull dies with green grass in its mouth' ."
Excerpt Questions on Fathers of Nations
a) Briefly explain what happens just before this excerpt. (3 marks)
b) Identify and illustrate two-character traits of Walomu in the excerpt. (4 marks)
c) Then hear my answer. (Add a question tag) (1 mark).
d) Discuss two themes raised in the excerpt. (4 marks)
e) Identify and illustrate three stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (6 marks)
f) To help it along, he gave an approximate English equivalent.
(Rewrite beginning with the main clause) (1 mark).
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