Answers to Questions on Brother Man

1) Some conflicts in Brother Man and whether they are internal or enternal:
a) Cordelia wa going crazy and there wa nothing tha could be done about it. This is an example of internal conflict.
b) Broher Man was attacked and badly beaten, this is an example of external conflict.
c) Girly was beng abused repeatedly by Papacita, this is an example of external conflict.


2) Internal conflict is mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character, whereas, External conflict is a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which culd be another character or the environment.

3) Three types of irony:
a) Situational
b) Socratic
c) Tragic

4) There are a number of ironic situations in the book "Brother Man". One example of Tragic irony is in the case of Jesmina and her sister Cordelia. Jesmina was not aware that Cordelia wa ivolved in doing obeah and using counterfeit money, however, by he time she found out, the audience was already aware of all this.

5)
Lisa Abrams
Piggots Village,
St. George's,
Antigua.

3rd November, 2010.

The Editor,
Observer Newspaper,
Temple Street,
St.George's,
Antigua.

Dear Editor,
         I am a concerned citizen of Antigua and am writing with regards to an incident which I recently witnessed. On the tenth of October, while walking down Market Street, I saw a Rastafarian man being beaten mercilessly by a crowd of people.
         It truly disturbed me to see an innocent man being treated this way because of his religion. We see them as 'negative' because they are different, and this shouldn't be. People tend to look down on people of Rasta heritage beacuse of the way they look and are percieved by others. Rastas are not the oly people who kill, rape, steal etc. but they are all still victimized because of these violent acts done by others of their kind. One woman tried to defend this man, but it was all in vain, she too was trampled. Not another tried to help this poor, innocent man.
          We are all human beings so why do we treat each other this way? This is a question that is yet to be answered. How you are treated should not be determined by your looks, culture or religion.

Thank You,
L. Abrams.