Literature-In-English Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2019

Question 2

    AMMA DARKO: Faceless

    Explain the relationship between the street child and the title of the novel.

Observation

This was a popular question although many candidates were able to define the street child but only few could establish explicitly a relationship with the title of the novel.

The following points should be well developed by candidates:

  • Definition of the street child as minors living on the street and fending for themselves.
  • The street child takes on the characteristics of the street, losing his or her identity, hence becomes faceless.
  • Reasons why a child leaves home to become entrapped by streetism.
  • The predicament of the street child like molestation, rape, bullying and thuggery.
  • The helplessness of the street child.
  • Facelessness of the street child.

 

Candidates’ performance in this question was fair.