Question

Ngugi wa thiong'o begins this excerpt with stories of his childhood. what is his purpose in starting out this way? how does this strategy contribute to the effectiveness of the argument he is building?

Answer 1

Starting the stories with his childhood makes Ngugi's stories seem more real than others because people think that it is a real life story.Mentioning childhood invokes multiple senses of the readers,engages the readers,evokes strong emotions as people start to think of their own childhood as well, helps in creating intriguing and complex characters for Ngugi's stories,the writer may use rich character voice,Ngugi is able to pull his readers into action.