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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 1999 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the prose passage and answer the question:

Ngotho was pleased. And Nyolabi and Njeri were full of joy at the news. For the first time many years something like a glimmer of light shone in Ngotho's eyes. He could even be seen making an effort to walk upright. Here at last was a son who might eventually be a match for the Howlands and Jacobos and any others who at all despised him. Kamanu too was pleased. He hoped he could go on helping Njoroge. Njoroge might do something for the family.
Njoroge was happy. His first impulse when he learnt what he had gone through was to kneel down and thank God for all He had done for him. ' Give me more and more learning and make me the instrument of thy light and peace. 'To go to Secondary School, the big mission at Siriana, was no small achievement.


The expression '' a glimmer of light'' stands for
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The expression "a glimmer of light" stands for hope. In this passage, Ngotho is pleased to hear that his son Njoroge has been accepted into Secondary School. For the first time in many years, Ngotho feels hopeful that his son might be able to succeed and become a match for those who have looked down on him and his family. The phrase "a glimmer of light" is used to describe the hope that Ngotho feels. It suggests that even though things have been difficult for him and his family in the past, there is now a small ray of hope shining through, which gives them reason to be optimistic about the future.
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