Activity 6
‘The Wind And A Boy’

Read the following extract and answer questions which follow:

They began to laugh at his third phase. Almost overnight he turned into a tall spindly-legged, graceful gazelle with large, grave eyes. There was an odd musical hit to his speech and when he teaseu, in wisa up to mischivé, he moved his head on his long thin neck from side to side like a cobra. It was he who became the king of kings of all the boys in his area, he could turn his hand to anything and
5 made the best wire cars with their wheels of shoe-polish tins. All his movements were neat, compact, decisive, and for his age he was a boy who knew his own mind. They laughed at his knowingness and certainty on all things, for he was like the grandmother who had had a flaming youth all her own too. Sejosenye had scandalised the whole village in her days of good morals by leaving her own village ward to live with a married
10 man in Ga-Sefete-Molemo ward. She had won him from his wife and married him and then lived down the scandal in the way only natural queens can. Even in old age, she was still impressive. She sailed through the village, head in the air, with a quiet, almost expressionless face. She had developed large buttocks as time went by and they announced their presence firmly in rhythm with her walk.
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6.1 What is the setting of the story?
(1)
6.2 What characterises Friedman’s third phase of growth?

Mention TWO things.
6.3 Explain why the following statement is FALSE.

Friedman’s mother is a responsible parent who takes care of her son’s needs.
(1)
6.4 Refer to line 2 (‘tall spindly-legged… grave eyes’)
(a) Identify a figure of speech in this line.
(b) Explain the comparison in this figure of speech.
(2)
6.5 Refer to lines 13-14. (‘Even in old… impressive’).

What makes Sejosenye remain impressive?
(2)
6.6 Give TWO reasons why Friedman needs a bicycle.
6.7 One of the themes in this story is gender roles.

Discuss this theme as it appears in the story.
(3)
6.8 Sejosenye can be admired.
Discuss your view
(3)