Question 1
Roger Mais was a Jamaican journalist,novelist,poet and playwrigt. He was born in August 11,1905 and died June 21,1955. He was born into a middle class family in Kingston, Jamaica. Brother Man was published 1954 which was significant sympathetic exploration of the emergent rastafarian movement. By 1951, Mais hhad won (10) ten first prizes in the West Indies literary competition. He also had integral role in the development of politics and cultural nationalism is evidenced in his being awarded the high honor of the Order of Jamaica in 1978.
Question 2
Most critics approve that "Brother Man" was a great book but after the book was publish alot of people started writing to the press. He was the first Jamaican novel to portray a rastafarian protagonist in a positive terms. But in those days people feel rastas where view as a menace to public safety,formed cults. People also wrote they should be denied vote,they were in fact protential rapist and murders,they should be publicly flogged. Roger Mais done something 50 years before it happen.
Question 3
Brother Man is the tragic strong of an honest rastafarian healer caught up in a web of intrigue and betrayal in Jamaica's tough west kingston slums.Rastafarianism is a religous-cultural movement that started 1930-2 in Jamaica.Rasta's believe in Halie Selassic.He was the last emperor of Ethiopia. Their approved food is called ital. Rasta are so comman most people don't have any problems with.
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Definition of Words
Novel- is a long narrative in literary prose.
Novella- novella(a.k.a novel) is a written fictional prose narrative longer than a novelette, but shorter than a novel.
Short Story- is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
Narrative Techniques- The methods involved in telling a story.
Point of view- refers to the way in which the author tells the story.
Characterization- The way in which a writer creates in a narrative so as to attract or repel our sympathy.
Setting- The time or place in which a play takes place.
Theme-The abstract subject of a work; its central idea or ideas which may or may not be explicit or obvious.
Plot- The plan of a literary work especially of dramas and novels.
Style- The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses his /her veiw in literary work.
Imagery-Is the used of literature to refer to the descriptive language that evokes sensory experience.
Symbol- Something which represents something else (often an idea or quality by analogy or association).
Irony-A manner by written or speaking one thing which in facts means another.
Satire- literature which exhibits or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptible.
Allusion-A figure of speech that makes a reference either directly or by implication.
Steam of consciousness- The attempt to convey all contents of characters mind-memory,sense perception, feelings, intuitions, thoughts- in relation to the steam of experience as it passes by often at random.
Interior Monology-An attempt to convey in words the process of conciousness or thought (as a means of narrating story).
Flashback-A sudden jump backwards in time to an earlier episode or scene in the story or novel play or film.
Foreshadowing- This is the use of hints,clues to suggest what will happen later in the literature.
Time frame-A period in which something should happen.
Motif- A current thematic element in an artistic or literary work.
Juxtaposition- When one theme or idea or person whatever is parallel to another.
Novella- novella(a.k.a novel) is a written fictional prose narrative longer than a novelette, but shorter than a novel.
Short Story- is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
Narrative Techniques- The methods involved in telling a story.
Point of view- refers to the way in which the author tells the story.
Characterization- The way in which a writer creates in a narrative so as to attract or repel our sympathy.
Setting- The time or place in which a play takes place.
Theme-The abstract subject of a work; its central idea or ideas which may or may not be explicit or obvious.
Plot- The plan of a literary work especially of dramas and novels.
Style- The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses his /her veiw in literary work.
Imagery-Is the used of literature to refer to the descriptive language that evokes sensory experience.
Symbol- Something which represents something else (often an idea or quality by analogy or association).
Irony-A manner by written or speaking one thing which in facts means another.
Satire- literature which exhibits or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptible.
Allusion-A figure of speech that makes a reference either directly or by implication.
Steam of consciousness- The attempt to convey all contents of characters mind-memory,sense perception, feelings, intuitions, thoughts- in relation to the steam of experience as it passes by often at random.
Interior Monology-An attempt to convey in words the process of conciousness or thought (as a means of narrating story).
Flashback-A sudden jump backwards in time to an earlier episode or scene in the story or novel play or film.
Foreshadowing- This is the use of hints,clues to suggest what will happen later in the literature.
Time frame-A period in which something should happen.
Motif- A current thematic element in an artistic or literary work.
Juxtaposition- When one theme or idea or person whatever is parallel to another.
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