This question addresses problems associated with  change in the persona’s life.  The change  is induced externally by colonialism.   Communal life of the people has been expunged.  The allusion of Sodom and Gomorrah gives a  picture of the perversion and destruction that colonialism brought.  The persona moves from buoyancy to  poverty.  Because of his pathetic  situation, he is avoided by everybody and he is also aging quickly as the ‘broken  lines run across my face’. His remaining goods are auctioned.  etc.
Few Candidates  attempted the question and their performance was poor