Fiona McKenzie Late Night Visit- Excerpt

Before this Excerpt

Fiona Ecounter with the Liberian Mauler

Afolabi rescues Fiona

Fiona treats Afolabi wound

The door to the bathroom opened. Fiona emerged and started walking but stopped. Her eyes had not adjusted to the darkness in the living room. “Where are you?” she asked “Over here” he said. “I have taken a couch in the living room. Go take the bed in the bedroom.”

style used -DIALOGUE- conversation btwn Afolabi and Fiona.

Afolabi is Hospitable- welcomes Fiona and offers her the Couch.

Respect for women- Afolabi Sleeps on the couch and Fiona in the bedroom

“You’re acting as if you might have a wife,” she said. “Do you?” 

“No, she divorced me last year.” Theme- Family Disintegration/ HONESTY (honest to Fiona)

“Did she?”

“Yes”

“Let’s see now. You studied in America at a marriageable age.” Fiona is informed, Inquisitive

“Let me guess.” “Go ahead.” “She is American.” 

“Who? Pamela?”

“Yes it is. And, yes, she is American. Enough about me now. Let’s turn to you. Shouldn’t your name still be Fiona McKenzie?” Afolabi Humorous

“Who told you it might have changed?” She started walking to the bedroom. Her eyes had adjusted to the only light.

“Why was the Liberian Mauler calling you Joy instead?” “It’s local slang for streetwalker.”

“He was calling you a streetwalker?”  Theme Moral Decadence- Streetwalker

“Yes, do you want me to draw a picture for you? Where are you from anyway? Mars?” “No, Nigeria Style- Geographical Allusion . Married?” Fiona Sarcastic  / Style Use of  Sarcasm

“Me?” Suspense

The phone rang. He rose and answered the landline by the couch. When he ended the call, his mood had darkened. 

“What’s the matter?” she asked him. “You seem upset all of a sudden. Who was on the phone?” Fiona Concerned

“One Chineke Chiamaka,” he said. “This man was claiming I chided (scolded) him for being drunk, when all he had was a “Pepsi”. Style used Suspense - Using our knowledge from the text Chineke Chiamaka Is right because later on the text we learn that it was Afolabi who called him ( The Guide). He wriggled in his improvised bed to protest his innocence against that claim. 

After This Excerpt

Fiona Reveals that she is now Working for the VOA

She informs Afolabi about the Cowboy at VOA

They are tapping private Messages

She informs him that their is a man talking to four men