Question

A2. From the extract write two lines to provide evidence for the attempts by
the peasants to help alleviate the mother's pain.

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Answer 1

Explanation:

my name is vames mother is very nice day going back on it in bed at me when are going on you know when she has the one and your house for your mom to do anything about that we

Answer 2

Two lines from the poem "Night of the Scorpion" that provide evidence for the attempts by the peasants to help alleviate the mother's pain are:

• "and buzzed the name of God a hundred times; to paralyze the Evil One."

The peasants buzzed God's name to paralyze the Evil One - the Scorpion. Because they believed that as the Scorpion moves, the poison would get spread in the mother's blood, which would, in turn, elevate her pain, it can also be assumed that the peasants chanted prayers to provide the mother with some mental strength to suffer the pain.

• "May the poison purify your flesh, of desire, and your spirit of ambition, they said."

The much superstitious peasants believed that the mother's pain would relieve her from the sins of the previous birth and the misfortunes of the next birth. Moreover, according to their belief, the mother's pain caused by an evil power - the Scorpion - may diminish the spirits of desire and ambition, which is the root cause of human suffering worldwide.

These lines portray how humans help each other at crucial times of suffering and pain.