Assignment on Brother Man

Question 1:What are some of the narrative techniques Roger Mais used in Brother Man?
 

 Answer: Some of the narrative techniques used are:foreshadowing, flashback, imagery, and allusion.

Question 2: How does Roger Mais develop his characters?

Answer: Roger Mais develop his characters by giving them real personality and depicting them like people we meet in our everyday life.We also see that people and the way of life has not change.

Question 3: Where is the setting of Brother Man?

Answer: The setting of Brother Man was in Jamaica, West Kingston slums.

Question 4: What are the themes in Brother Man?

Answer: The themes in Brother Man are: love/relationship, religion, poverty, culture, abuse/violence and loyalty(Brother Man & Minette).

Question 5: Discuss the different plot in the book?

Answer: The different plot in the book are: Bra' Ambo& Brother Man in the beginning gave hints that the relation between them will not be very nice.We also see the relationship with Papacita& Girlie was unhealthy and it end with the murder of Papacita by Girlie.

Question 6: How was foreshadowing and flashback display in the book and give examples?

Answer: Foreshadowing was display to make we the readers interested of what to come in the book. We see foreshadowing between Brother Man& Bra' Ambo where in the beginning some what friends but because he ask Brother Man to hold some of his personal property until the police had done there search and he did not Bra' Ambo decided to take revenge. 

We also see foreshadowing between Girlie& Papacita where there are in a relationship that are unhealthy always fighting, and Papacita is a womanizer. We see there broke up in the end but Girlie ended up killing him.

Flashback was display between Minette& Brother Man where he told Minette about his past relationship.

Question 7:How does religion play an important part in the book?

Answer: Religion plays and important part in the book because the main character Brother Man was seen as "Jesus". Where he heal the sick, look to the bible for knowledge and wisdom. He also fast and heard the voice of god. He was also betrayed by the people who believed in him.