This question is based on Literary Appreciation 'Those years of my travels. Years of innocence and experience...months of twidding my thumbs with insecurity...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2002 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'Those years of my travels. Years of innocence and experience...months of twidding my thumbs with insecurity in search of my true people. Yes in search of my true people. But wherever I went I did not find people but caricatures of people who insisted on being taken seriously as people Perhaps I was on the wrong planet.

In the wrong skin.

Dambudzo- Marechera, Black Sunlight.

The passage above expresses the state of mind of

Answer Details
The passage above expresses the state of mind of an alienated man. The speaker expresses his frustration and disillusionment with the people he meets during his travels. He feels that he has been searching for his true people, but has only encountered caricatures of people who are not genuine. The speaker also suggests that he feels out of place, describing himself as being in the wrong skin and on the wrong planet. These feelings of displacement and alienation suggest that the speaker is struggling to find a sense of belonging and identity in the world around him.

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