Literature-In-English Paper 2 WASSCE (PC), 2021

Question 4

 

ALEX AGYEI-AGYIRI: Unexpected Joy at Dawn

Discuss Paleo as an opportunistic officer in the novel


Observation

This question requires the candidates to discuss Paleo as an opportunistic officer who extorts money from people.

Candidates were expected to discuss the following:

  • The theme of exploitation.
  • The character identification of Paleo: Paleo is an Immigration Officer in charge of flushing out Ghanaians.
  • Paleo has arrested or caused the arrest of several Ghanaian and other aliens and has them put in detention
  • He seizes the opportunity of his office to make some gain from using these aliens as labourers on his farm.
  • The aliens on Paleo’s farm are there illegally and he knows it. But they are kept there by intimidation and threats

Candidates’ performance was good.