JAMB - Literature In English (2025 - No. 34)
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen
It all began like a dream. You know, that sort of dream which seems to have originated from nowhere, yet one was always aware of its existence...
The technique used in the line above is
stream of consciousness
foreshadowing
omniscient point of view
flashback
Explanation
The line "It had all begun like a dream..." introduces the backstory of Adah’s childhood. This technique is a flashback (or analepsis), where the author interrupts the chronological flow of the story to show events that happened earlier, providing context for Adah's current situation and her lifelong ambition to move to the United Kingdom.
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