The pearl john steinbeck underline
Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow.G) What moral lesson do you learn from this story?ĭate posted: August 19, 2019. Then the man and his wife moved and built a new home in another place.Ī)Ĝlassify the above narrative and give a reason for your classification.ī) In the story, what shows that the ogre never intended to share the food with the woman?Ĭ)ĝiscuss any two features in the story that qualify it as a traditional oral narrative.ĭ) With an illustration for each, describe two character traits of the ogreį) What is the livelihood of the people from which this story is derived? It was then that the blacksmith came down and speared him through and through until he was dead. From his mouth came green, yellow and red foam that was a sign that he was fast asleep. When the ogre arrived he cooked, ate all the food and slept on the naked floor. He hid himself in the darkest corner of the hut and awaited the ogre. One day when the sun stood in the middle of the compound, her husband arrived from the smithy.
He used to go to the shamba, dig out the sweet potatoes, prepare them and offer them to her when they were already in his mouth, “Woman with child take this.
Your wife might have given birth and she is in danger.”Īt home, the ogre was still tormenting the woman. Who of us left his wife heavy with a child?”
“Haiya, perhaps this bird has a message for us. But the dove perched herself on another tree and sang again. What is this thing – of a – bird saying, disturbing our work?” said one man throwing a stone at the dove. “Go to the smithy and when you see the smiths ,sing these words:Īnd the dove went to the smiths and sang the song: Said the dove, “let me eat my fill and then you can send me wherever you want. The woman said to her, “You always come here to eat my seeds. One day when she had spread her castor oil seeds in the sun, a dove came and helped herself to some seeds. Every day she used to spread her castor oil seeds in the sun for she hoped to make oil for the child’s skin. She became very worried yet she did not lose heart. Now the woman continued to be starved and grew weaker and weaker. When the time came for her delivery, the ogre crudely assisted her but he did not give her food. Now this happened everyday for many days and the expectant mother grew as weak as the reeds by the riverside. You don’t want, I shall eat it for you.” And he ate all the porridge. To the expectant woman he said, “Woman with child, take this. He went inside the hut where he made some porridge. When he brought the load to the compound, he dropped it outside with a big thud of this firewood. As soon as the man went away the ogre came into the compound with a heavy load of firewood. This time, when he went, he left his wife heavy with child. Now this man used to go to the smithy to join the other smiths in ironwork. They had built their hut in the middle of the forest but they had fenced round the homestead to keep wild animals from entering the compound. Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.Ī long, long time ago, there was a man and his wife. Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.