KCSE Setbooks Essays Simplified

 In many societies, those in power tend to ill-treat the same people who elected them. However, they eventually face the consequences of their deeds. Money Bags owl and Royal owl are such characters in Adipo Sidang’s play Parliament of Owls. Money bags extorts money from day birds with the introduction of the Moonlight Bill .Birds are expected to pay ‘Moonlight Tax’ to cater for the longer supervising hours and to help the parliament protect the kingdom. Money Bag sponsors ‘Moonlight Bill’ which limits the day birds from twittering and flying from tree to tree past 6; 00PM Day birds will no longer sing for their young ones. They are also have to register their eggs with Olik Tiga, a ploy to steal their eggs. At the end, Money Bags is sentenced to life imprisonment (pg.122) Indeed Money Bags, faces imprisonment for oppressing the birds and acting in favor of the owls. Money Bags, through puppet owls kills Arum Tidi. Arum Tidi has been trying hard to please Money bag but is killed af...

 War, even for a perceived just cause, has many detrimental outcomes. There is nothing positive about war. Ordinary people suffer most in the event of war. Traumatic memories, loss of family members and loss of valuable property are some of the consequences of war that leave the survivors with painful memories.  Many ordinary people suffer when their family members, friends or colleagues lose their lives in war. For 37 years, professor Nwoye believed his former colleague, Ikenna died in the war. He is shaken to see him alive. He is tempted to throw sand at him, a customary practice to ascertain that one was not a ghost. Nwoye thought Ikenna died on July 6th, 1967 when they evacuated Nsukka amidst the boom boom boom shelling of the approaching federal soldiers. Nsukka fell that day and two lecturers were killed; one for arguing with the federal officers. Ebere consoles Zik who left her doll behind as they were fleeing in haste. Although Ikenna made it out alive, his whole famil...

 In “The Sins of the Fathers” by Charles Mungoshi, Rwafa exerts extreme control over his son Rondo, influencing nearly every aspect of his life. Through his actions, the author demonstrates that excessive parental control can hinder a child’s emotional and psychological development, leading to insecurity and dependence. To begin with, Rwafa controls Rondo’s personal interests by destroying his guitar at a very young age. When Rondo is only four years old, his father finds him playing the instrument and reacts harshly by breaking its strings and throwing it into the fire, insisting that no son of his will become a “rolling stone” like irresponsible musicians. This incident shows Rwafa’s rigid and authoritarian nature, as he imposes his beliefs without considering his son’s feelings. The guitar symbolizes Rondo’s creativity and self-expression, yet its destruction forces him to suppress his individuality. As a result, fear is instilled in him and “all the courage is driven out of him...