HIST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter weep not child: Jomo Kenyatta, Weep Not, Child, Indian Independence Movement
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Njoroge, a young boy, is urged to attend school by his mother. He is the first one out of his family who is able to attend school and he aspires to use his education to make. Ngugi describes him as a dreamer, a visionary who consoled himself faced by the difficulties of the moment by a look at a better day to come (130). The challenges to his optimism in large part constitute the novel"s primary arc. His family lives on the land of jacobo, an african made rich by his dealings with white settlers, namely mr. howlands, the most powerful land owner in the area. Kamau, works as an apprentice to a carpenter while boro, the eldest living son, is troubled by his experiences while in forced service during world war ii, one of which was witnessing the death of his elder brother.
