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'Do not judge a book by its cover.' Using illustrations from The Folded Leaf, show the truth of this statement.

      

'Do not judge a book by its cover.' Using illustrations from The Folded Leaf, show the truth of this statement.

  

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Martin
Many times we judge people by just looking at them even when we do not know them. We should never judge a book by its cover as is evident in the story Folded Leaf where things are not the way they seem.

Illustrations

We expect Mrs. Ejiof and her husband to be arrogant as they are very rich but we find that they are very humble. Mr. Ejiof and his wife are very wealthy. The year before, they went on vacation to Rome and stayed at the Intercontinental. Their daughter drives a Volkswagen Passat, yet they are on the bus with the people who are needy and they fit in very well.

When the small group of nine goes to Lagos, they hope to be healed of their disabilities and diseases. They have donations they have collected from their church in envelopes to give Pastor. They think because they have come from so far they will get to see the pastor but they do not. Mr. Ejiof gives the policeman a bribe even though the family is going to church. His wife refusal begins to say that the policeman is standing in their way to go and worship God, Mr Ejiof and his wife are whisked to the front to sit with the VIPs.

The narrator in the story is blind. She relies on Bola to explain the world around her. She is very intelligent and can tell a lot is going on. She does not believe that going to the pastor will make her see but she dares not tell her father or say it aloud, she can see though the deception of the pastor in a way. She knows when her father is disappointed and when her mother is happy.

Mrs. Kekere tells Tunde not to use the Lord's name in vain yet the pastor uses the people to enrich himself. It is the pastor who is blind to the people's search for God and healing, and uses them to make money as they bring in donations to get a chance to meet him for healing. His people ent the congregants from seeing him and congregants have to come every other time for miracles and thus there is more money for the pastor.

The narrator is blind and Sammy is on a wheelchair. They expect that the pastor's assistants will allow them to go for 'healing' at the front as they need it. Instead they are chased away and not even allowed to go near the pastor.

Conclusion

We expect the church to be a place to help people in need and not to collect from the poor. The narrator and his sick brother have to take donations to the church for prayers and for miracles to happen to them.


marto answered the question on August 27, 2019 at 08:03

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