"As the Night the Day" by Abioseh Nicol
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
- He was born on September 14, 1924 in Freetown, Sierra Leone
- He died on September 20, 1994 in Cambridge, United Kingdom
- He was educated at the University of Cambridge
- His birth name was Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol
- He went to a primary school in Africa
PREADING REFLECTION:
What does it mean to be true to yourself?
When you don't lie to yourself or about yourself and don't go against what you think is right.
Do you think that being true to yourself helps you avoid being false to others?
Yes, because if you are true to yourself how can you be false to others.
What does it mean to be true to yourself?
When you don't lie to yourself or about yourself and don't go against what you think is right.
Do you think that being true to yourself helps you avoid being false to others?
Yes, because if you are true to yourself how can you be false to others.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:
Pandemonium: chaos
"minor pandemonium broke out"(p. 63)
Culprit: suspect/bad guy
"It was a method of finding out a culprit by divination"(p. 67)
Exasperation: frustration
"in attitudes of exasperation"(p. 69)
Intolerable: unbearable/can not live with burden
"or life would be intolerable ever afterwards"(p. 69)
Emphatic: insisting with emphasis
"Bandele was emphatic"(p. 73)
Inconsolable: cannot make it better
"He touched the edge of an inconsolable eternal grief"(p. 75)
Stifle: stop/cover-up
"He pushed his face into his wet pillow to stifle his sobs"(p. 75)
Pandemonium: chaos
"minor pandemonium broke out"(p. 63)
Culprit: suspect/bad guy
"It was a method of finding out a culprit by divination"(p. 67)
Exasperation: frustration
"in attitudes of exasperation"(p. 69)
Intolerable: unbearable/can not live with burden
"or life would be intolerable ever afterwards"(p. 69)
Emphatic: insisting with emphasis
"Bandele was emphatic"(p. 73)
Inconsolable: cannot make it better
"He touched the edge of an inconsolable eternal grief"(p. 75)
Stifle: stop/cover-up
"He pushed his face into his wet pillow to stifle his sobs"(p. 75)
Kojo is BEING TRUE TO HIMSELF
Kojo is being true to himself when he confesses to the breaking of the thermometer. Kojo is also being true to himself when he decides that no matter what Bandele does he will confess. Kojo is being true to himself when he says that he can not live with the guiltiness of breaking the thermometer. |
Kojo is NOT BEING TRUE TO HIMSELF
Kojo is not being true to himself when he throws books at Basu with the other boys. Kojo is also not being true to himself when he lets Bandele accuse Basu of breaking the thermometer when he did it. Kojo is not being true to himself when he stels from the classroom like the other boys had. |