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A WORLD OF PROSE FOR CSEC – Essay Questions Julie Tagg GENERIC TYPE QUESTIONS
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by TWCSECE Childhood Experiences Family Relationship Friendship Racism, Prejudice, Discrimination and Struggles Poverty Religion Women in society The treatment of women The Role of the Elderly Death/Dying
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Additional Questions for the play
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CHARACTERS Benjy Paul Mac is the old shoemaker in the village SETTING An unnamed village SUMMARY The third-person narrator relates the events of the theme of hate. Paul is not comfortable with the relationship that he shares with his twin brother Benjy. He does not like the fact that Benjy is self-sufficient and that…
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CHARACTERS Black man White woman SETTING Jamaica SUMMARY The third-person narrator is unnamed. The story centers around a black man asking a white woman for light from her cigarette. She feels that the man is trespassing on her personal space. The woman has a problem with the colour of the man’s skin and shows…
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by Olive Senior (Jamaican) CHARACTERS Del Elaine/Towser The narrator Maureen Jason Aunt Rita (Maureen and Jason’s parent) Uncle Rob (Maureen and Jason’s parent) Uncle Frank Eulalie Ermandine Pearlie Mr. Kincaid Mr. Samuels Melody-Ann SETTINGS Jamaica Rural Jamaica Urban Jamaica SUMMARY OF STORY Senior uses contrast to share the experiences of the child narrator. This extends…
