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The Setting Sun & The Rolling

Deja , Cyrene , Serenity , Zy'Erra

Summary ~

Summary

~ little boy leaves home to travel the world in Charles Mungoshi's short novel The Setting Sun and the Rolling World. Musoni, a farmer, doesn't want his kid to leave. Nhamo, however, wants to leave to find a better life. Musoni believes that he is too young and unprepared for the dangers that the outside world entails in the passage its say "this would be the last day he would talk to his son"

Two Major Themes ~

~The Setting Sun and the Rolling World" practically perfectly relates to the central topic of self-sacrifice for a better future. The "setting sun" portion depicts both Musoni's uncertain future and the better future seen through Nhamo's eyes. ~

Two Major Themes

Character Traits ~

~The protagonist, Nhamo, is exceedingly oblivious to negative, headstrong, and self-assured. He thinks he understands enough to succeed, despite his extreme ignorance of the possibility that the world can be a terrible and evil place.~

Nhamo , Old Musoni ~

Character Traits

"You ask me to forget it and muck around in this slow dance of death with you. I have this one chance of making my own life, once in all eternity."

Main Conflict ~

~The main source of conflict in the story is external conflict between the only two characters who are talking - Musoni and his son Nhamo - regarding the main theme of self-sacrifice for a better future in the passage it says

Main Conflict

"Really, father, have no fear for me. I will be all right. Give me this chance. Release me from all obilgations and pray for me. "

Pov ~

The point-of-view in this story is third person - no 'I's and no 'you's. In this way, the reader understands not only Musoni's point-of-view since he is the main character, but also what Nhamo thinks about at the same time which builds up his character in the story.

POV

Analyze the Title ~

The main subject of laying down one's life for a better future is virtually completely reflected in the title "The Setting Sun and the Rolling World."

Analysis of Title

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