Different people treat women differently,some are treated in a proper way and others as lesser beings in the society.In many African communities,the woman is treated as a lesser being mainly expected to be subordinate to her male counterparts.,the woman is denied equal opportunities with their counterparts.
In the Masaai community,a woman is expected to have no say in as far as marriage is concerned.It is a man who is supposed to choose a woman of their choice to marry,and thereafter approaches her parents to seek for her hand in marriage..If the parents agree to that then the girl will have no choice but to agree to marry that particular man.This was clearly seen in the book when Ole Kaelo spotted his wife when she was eighteen,approached her parents who gave consent to his proposal.Their daughter was never consulted ,but accepted him without any resistance.It is this accepted way of life which makes Ole Kaelo assume that his daughter Resian would simply go with Oloisudori makes the demand,Ole Kaelo is worried of how to break the news to Resian and doesn't appear bothered that she might resist.
A woman is supposed to be submissive and never question her husband even when he makes wrong decisions.This is the case with Ole Kaelo who proposes that Mama Milanoi begins counselling the girls to prepare them for circumcision,she could not question him even when she felt that was wrong for her daughters.
When a girl is being trained on how to carry herself,it is solely so that she can be a good wife to her future husband.This is proven from the conversation between Mama Milanoi and the girls.
A male child appears to be more valued than a girl child.When Ole Kaelo was expecting the second child,he had hoped that it could be a boy,but a girl was born.This made him develop hatred to the girl,Resian never enjoyed the love of a father.Mama Milanoi thinks that she had failed miserably by not giving him a baby boy.She hopes that GOD will still bless her with a son.
When the Ole Kaelo's move to Nasila,Ole Kaelo seeks the help of Joseph Parmuat to help Taiyo and Resian learn the ways of the Maa people so that they would become responsible women in the society.This portrays how women are looked down upon such that it is a man who is trusted to train women on howto be women of integrity.
Women are forced to have to go through circumcision so as to qualify as wives. Oloisudori demands that Resian will have to face the knife before he takes her as a wife.When Resian escapes he asks to have Taiyo instead. This is what causes the forceful circumcision of Taiyo
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BEGGAR IN THREE PIECE
My jumbo
Shot its way
Across the sky
To distant lands
Across blue seas.
I descended the ladder
To a waiting ribbon
Of blood-red carpet
A quick glance at my
Three piece suit
And the tie
That beautifully strangled my neck.
On my left hand hang
My beaded knobkerrie
On my right clutched
My rusty inter-Nation begging Bowl
On my face I wore humility and need
And of course dignity.
Sir, the dearth of food
Has rendered by people thin
And hungry
Scoop us a little
You know,
Just a little,
To keep them till next rains’
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In three piece
Are a rare sight
But your suit is beautiful
- Honestly
Now my suit
Which cost me a fortune
In a Parisian Textile
Has denied me a fortune
And my countrymen, lie.
L.O. Sunkuli
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b) What is the subject matter of this poem?
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d) Describe the tone of the poem.
e) Explain what the last stanza implies.
f) Explain the meaning of the following lines as used in the poem.
i) My Jumbo
Shots its way
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ii) That beautifully strangled my neck.
iii) To keep them till next rains.
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A boy learns from his father without even realizing that he is learning. He associates with his father’s masculinity and learns what it entails.
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The father is someone who comes to eat, sometimes looks over homework, hears about the son’s infractions of the day and watches television then goes to bed.
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Children with involved, caring fathers have better education outcomes. Fathers often push for achievement, while mothers stress on the boy’s well-being, both of which are important for healthy development.
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b) How does a boy learn from his father?
c) How do children find belonging and connection?
d) Make notes on the ways in which a father can positively influence his son.
e) Many factors come to play (Supply a question tag)
f) Nowadays many fathers go to work wherever their skills take them.
(Rewrite in the present perfect continuous tense)
g) What does teaching a young man involve?
h) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
1) Mimic
2) Masculinity
3) Groomed
4) Retrospect
i) Supply a suitable title for the passage.
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