<span>"The mud of the river-bed swallowed up these obscure acts of vengeance—savage, yet legitimate; these unrecorded deeds of bravery; these silent attacks fraught with greater danger than battles fought in broad day, and surrounded, moreover, with no halo of romance."
The above passage conveys the courage of the resistance movement. In particular the reader is persuaded by the words "bravery" and "danger" in "...deeds of bravery..." and "...fraught with greater danger than battles fought in broad day...".</span>
Question: <em>As Kamau walks down the road in "The Return", why does he look straight ahead?</em>
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Answer:
He looks straight ahead as he sees a group of women drawing water from the Honia river.
By describing actions such as "seemed to look each of us in the eye"
<span>Her death demonstrates that acting on one’s ambition can lead one to fall prey to unforeseen enemies.
Her murder demonstrates what can happen when a person tries to go against his or her preordained fate or destiny.
Her mental instability demonstrates that tyrants destroy not only their nations, but their innocent loved ones, as well.
Her suicide helps demonstrate how a person’s past misdeeds can have tragic consequences on the person in the present.</span>