home work 20.10.10

 1. In the novel Brother Man, Roger Mais uses different scenes, atmospheres and scenarios as methods for telling the story.

2.  Roger Mais develops Characterisation by using the rolls of characters such as Girlie, Papacita, and Brother Man etc and their scenarios or problems to help the reader feel as though they are in the character's position. In doing this, we are able to develop different feelings towards each character.

3.  The setting of the story is developed in Jamaica. The atmosphere in some scenes are calm and relaxing (or peaceful), while in others its aggressive and disturbing.

4.  Some of the themes in Brother Man are ; (egs. are also listed):
      Love- Minette loved  Brother man
      Lust- Papacita lusted after money and women
      Abuse- Papacita verbally and physically abused Girlie
      Haterd- Bro' Ambo disliked Brother Man
      Christianity- Brother Man lived as a christian\ God fearing life
      Jealousy- Girlie was jealous of papacita's love for other women

5.   In Brother Man, the plot follows the structure of Christ's story. Brother Man is portrayed as Christ being all religious and sanctified, and studying the principles of life, while Bro' Ambo is portrayed as the devil, with his dislike for Brother Man and studying death and obeah. At the end, the mean people in the streets who end up hurting or wounding Brother Man are seen as his crucifiers. Minette on the otherhand (to me) may come across or pass for Mary.

6. Roger Mais uses flashback in some cases to help lead up to present events in the story. This way the reader is not confused and the novel is properly understood.
Eg; when Minette was looking back at her life from the point she was put into the streets up unitl Brother Man adopted her into his home. This helps in giving the reader a clearer understanding  of how the relationship between both Brother Man and Minette really transpired.

7. Foreshadowing is used in the Novel to help the reader know or predict what is going to happen later on in the novel. This in some way or another hepls kill or lower suspense.
Eg; when Papacita was trying his best to get with minette by smooth talking her a little, and the way she reacted ho him by giving him the ' hard to get' routine.. Her reaction to Papacita made us predict or gave us a hint that somewhere along the way, she would give him a cahnce in some way or that she liked him.