Weep Not, Child Lesson Plan

What kind of picture does Ngugi create of school and of education in general?

Strong answers will discuss the several vignettes that take place in the school or on the theme of education. These might include portrayals the school as a place to critically discuss current events, the reading of the death threat (making the school look vulnerable, casting education as something powerful and threatening, for example), or even the dialogue between Njoroge and Kamau, in which Njoroge is encouraged to stay in school (which is portrayed as no more dangerous a place than anywhere else Njoroge could hide). Students may reflect more broadly on the developing differences between Njoroge...