Thorns And Bristle

This novel was written to illuminate the struggles being faced by various youths and adults. It echoes the social ills that are emanating and growing in the society.

It is first person narrative, depicting how personal the experiences of life are. Although the main thrust is on the painful moments and worrisome events of life, it also carries hope, love, care, morals and gives power to concentrated focus.

The writer through the characters depicts various morals in the society. Others having good morals and well brought up with virtues and behaviors worthy to be reckoned. Others have decayed morals, filled with deception, fraud and disrespect. All this being pinned to the way people are raised. Much of the credit for the behaviour of is on their guardians.

Love is portrayed as an entity which requires purpose fixture. It is also revealed as a thing that can destroy the life of a person at the juxtapose of lust and admiration of the wrong thing. In the ending events, it is vividly expressed how love can be a weapon in continuity and a point of strength courage and unity,

The characters, quest for a better life and in their journey, they are subjected to a plethora of misfortunes. The protagonists found it astonishing to learn of various sides of people, both men and women. He thought everyone had the same morals as brewed in him while he was growing up. Many other traits are brought out and can be analysed with regard to the way they are articulated.

The novel is set in a way that it can be used for academic purposes in English Literature, given that there are literature learning worthy concepts therein and the ideas therein can be appreciated using literary tools. It was written following the rules of Literature, hence having all relevant devices which can be used to learn and teach appreciation of English Literature.