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Emilia llieva and Waveney Olembo (Eds.),When the sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa

      

Emilia llieva and Waveney Olembo (Eds.),When the sun Goes Down and Other Stories from Africa and Beyond.Using illustrations from Kenani's Short story, "The Retraction", write a composition describing the steps we should take when our actions cause others to suffer.

  

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Martin
Conscience in human beings when clouded by guilt can cause disastrous psychological conflicts.Some people become very remorseful when they commit a 'crime' and their conscience is chronically pricked.In the story "The Retraction" Francis ,Chuma Chama Zgambo is greatly haunted by the predicament he has thrown Tatha to. A series of events chronically lead to his dillema and he sought a solution for his Psychological tranquil.

On receiving false complaints about Tatha whom the narrator accuses for being arrogant, the Airline sacks Tatha and the narrator realises that he has killed somebody's dream. Tatha says she has worked for her dreams to work in an airline for 23 years.The narrator who is Zgambo is haunted by a sense of guilty and intends to retract the accusation.

The narrator Zgambo takes a lot of pain to get money so that he can go to Blantyre in Malawi to see the Chief execution officer to plead for Tatha's reinstatement.

He travels by bus for a long distance after selling his Rolex watch and other items.He is determined to meet the Airline Chief Executive Officer of Malawi.He meets the chief Executive Officer of Malawi Air Flight to retract the accusations he has levied on Tatha. He even hands in a written letter explaining that Tatha is innocent.The Chief Executive Officer promises to meet the discipline committee to seek redress on behalf of Tatha.

Zgambo the narrator purposes to see Tather Personally to apologize to her.He takes a lot of pain to trace where Tatha stays. Tatha's friend Towera directs the narrator to Towera's home and realizes that Tatha is depressed and sends him off ruthlessly.She is however cautioned that she later seeks forgiveness from Zgambo for her cold reception. Finally Tatha is reinstated by Kenya Airways and he has been accorded the coveted accolade of being the Employee of the year" Zgambo is contented at the aftermath of his retracting his accusations against Tatha.
marto answered the question on June 23, 2017 at 08:27


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