Literature in English Past Questions

"I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs.
Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too."

Based on the novel Piggy's, The split in the group of boys occurs with the departure of

"The officer, surrounded by these noises,
was moved and a little embarrassed.He turned away
to give them time to pull themselves together, and
waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser
in the distance."

Based on the novel Piggy's,in the above passage,Golding focuses on the

In the novel "Piggy's" glasses symbolizes

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, what is the author's perception of real change in the novel?

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,the Chichidodo is hypocritical because it hates

"Now take this boat business for instance. There is a lot of money to be made in it,but start something, and fools will start shouting slogans at you."

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, who made the above statement?

"In Oyo's eyes there was now real gratitude.
Perhaps for the first time in their married life the
man could believe that she was glad to have him
the way he was."

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, from the above excerpts, Why was Oyo unhappy with her husband?

"....checking the coins against the tickets, he began to count the morning's take. It was mostly what he expected at this time of the month: small coins, a lot of pesewas,..."

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,what time of the month is being referred to in the above statement from the novel?

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, the man is despised by the wife and family because he

"Keats" "Ode" to a Nightingale" can best be described as

"I came down the step with my pitcher
And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he
was at the trough before me."

These lines from "Snakes" suggests that the

"...Lying down in the melting snow.
There were times we regretted
The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,
And the silken girls bringing sherbert."

The emotion evoked in this passage from "Journey of the Magi" is that of

The line 'Ask them why they idle there' in Kofi Awoonor's Song of Sorrow' is a reference to

"Kwarshiorkor", "grave", "ravage", "wreck", "funeral", "piles" and fearful".

These words from J.P. Clarks "The Casualties" connote

"...Let the greying day grow,
...let the evening horns blow,
...let the melting mountains go...'

The repetition of these lines from Atukwei Okai's
"Sunset Sonata"

The pauper in Richard Ntiru's poem of that title is

"...He who sharpened the edge of hearts...."

In Kunene's To The Soldier "Hero" is

"The drum is silenced in mid-throb;
the flute is flung away;
and ears strain to master the malediction
of the thunder."

These lines from "For Christopher Okigbo" shows that the main occurrence in the poem is

The word which when applied describes the posture of the speaker in "The Fence" is