This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn The narrative technique employed in the novel is

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2025 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn

The narrative technique employed in the novel is

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The narrative technique employed in Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn is the third-person point of view. The novel is narrated by an omniscient third-person narrator who refers to all characters using third-person pronouns ("he," "she," "they") and has access to the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of multiple characters.

This narrative perspective allows the author to move freely between different characters and locations - essential for a novel that follows the experiences of both Nii Tackie in Ghana and Mama Orojo in Nigeria. The third-person narrator can describe events happening in different countries simultaneously, reveal the inner thoughts of various characters, and provide the broader social and political context of the Aliens Compliance Order and the "Ghana Must Go" expulsions.

A first-person narrative would use "I" and limit the perspective to one character's experience. A second-person narrative would use "you" to address the reader as a character - an unusual technique not used in this novel. The novel does not combine first and second person perspectives.

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