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1. How would Camara Laye's life probably have been different if he had not gone away to school in Concacry? Be specific.

2. Giving specific examples, show how the adult narrator explains the incidents that happened to the child which he did not understand as a child..

"I left for the airport with Marie and my uncles. Marie was going with me as far as Dakar where she was ot continue her education. Marie... I dot into the plane with her. I was crying. We were all crying. Then the propeller began to turn. In the distance my uncles were waving to us for the last time. The earth, the land of Guinea, began to drop reapidly away...

'Are you glad to be going?' asked Marie when the plane was nearing Dakar.

'I don't know. I don't think so.'

And when we landed she asked me, ' Will you be coming back?'

Her face was wet with tears.

'Yes', I said. 'Yes...'

I nodded yes again as I fell back in my seat, for I did not want anyone to see my tears. Surely I would be coming back! I sat a long while without moving., my arms tightly folded to stifle the sobs that wracked me...

Later on I felt something hard when I put my hand in my pocket. It was the map of the métro." (pp. 188-189)

The paper should be well-organized (outline with major points), give specific examples, and based on your own reading of the text (not external sources). There are few external sources available, and they are mostly in French.

The paper should be 3-5 pages in length, double spaced, preferably done on a word processor (this makes revision much easier.) This is the first draft and it will be due on September 21.

. The grade will be assigned after the paper is rewritten and resubmitted. The rewritten paper will be due on Oct. 5.