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.