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Just as the sunsets and the day ends, the night befalls and darkness sets in, similarly in our journey of life, happiness and sadness are inextricably intertwined! Life is a continuous pathway of ups and downs, twists and turns, which all add up to the beauty and experiences that one unfolds in life. The world is a stage and people are the actors playing their roles by continuously displaying their emotions of happiness and sadness which comes one after another just like one removes their old clothes and puts on another one! The beauty and strength of life marvels with more challenging situations, the ordeals faced and the trials and tribulations. With this theme in mind, the author of the novel “ Weep, Not Child” has vividly portrayed the different scenarios and emotions one gets to encounter in life. As the topic to be discussed here is about happiness and sadness, many issues can be introduced and discussed. The cultural conflicts, the racial barriers, the character sketch of the different people in this novel; their similarities and contrasts, their variety

Looking first at the life of Njoroge, in the beginning of the novel, Nyokabi, the mother of the main character, Njoroge brings about the good news that Njoroge could go to school and this lit up the boy’s life of at last getting an education which he had always dreamt of. Njoroge was very excited and promised his mother that he would never bring shame to her in any way and was glad that he was going to lead a bright future. Njoroge wanted to be educated in order to support his family in the future and also wanted to be rich and capable of doing something for a living. He waited till he went to school and was looking forward to a memorable time at school. This is a type of happiness as a child is so fond of gaining an education although at the same time, with the knowledge that his family is poor and cannot afford to get him all the good things in life, and this is a kind of sadness. A type of sadness, which is very clearly revealed in the novel, is also linked to a theme, pains of growing up. This is evident when Njoroge goes to school and is teased by his schoolmates. One of the boys said, “He must carry my bag for me. ” This embarrassed Njoroge very much. Although Njoroge was being disturbed by his schoolmates, he ignored them and was more interested in learning about new things.

of upbringing and mental stature, their good times and bad times, their happiness and drawbacks, all these have created an awesome impact on the readers.

There was conflict between the Indians and the Africans too. The Indians were known to have customs, which were very funny and strange. Also, the Black men thought of Ghandiji who fought for the freedom of the Indians as a man “dressed poorly in calico stretched over his bony body ”. This is a despairing way of looking at Indians, as Ghandiji was a person who meant a lot for the Indians. The whites in Kenya also disliked the Indians calling them cowards for not going for war against Hitler. Th

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