This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn. What is the most striking feature of the setting in the novel?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 1997 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

What is the most striking feature of the setting in the novel?

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The question asks about the most striking feature of the setting in Zaynab Alkali's novel, "The Stillborn." The answer is that the most striking feature of the setting is "the effective employment of contrasts." The novel's setting is a rural Nigerian village, and Alkali masterfully presents the stark contrasts between tradition and modernity, rural and urban life, and the rich and the poor. These contrasts play a crucial role in the story's themes of identity, culture, and social change. The other options are not correct as they do not accurately describe the setting of the novel.
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