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Monday 10 April 2023

THE SAMARITAN SET BOOK ESSAY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

JOHN LARA'S THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS AND

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THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

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Despite facing many difficulties, people who strive to bring positive change usually succeed.
Using Nicole in John Lara's The Samaritan, write an essay in support this statement.
Nicole, the Ethics and Innovation teacher at Sagrada Secondary School, is the embodiment of an
unwavering moralist determined to bring positive change to Maracas Municipality. Despite facing
serious resistance from the leaders, her effort bears fruit when the corrupt leaders are apprehended.
Resoluteness in doing the right things brings victory.

Nicole stands firm when the Mayor of Maracas Municipality orders for a halting of activities related to
the Samaritan App and her firmness pays off. The aim of the Samaritan App is to expose corruption and
agitate for the prosecution of the culprits. When he realises that the App may expose his failures,
ineptness and corrupt deeds and possibly lead to his prosecution, Mossi-oa-Tunya declines to launch it
or award Alvita and Montano, the brains behind the innovation. He alleges that the App may turn out to
be a platform for misinformation, lies and witch-hunt. Although he acknowledges that the school is
doing a good job in nurturing visionaries and innovators, he has jitters about giving the Samaritan App
the green light. The skit by Nicole, Alvita and Montano clearly demonstrates that the App can be used to
share sensitive information like the Municipal Procurement Process. The Mayor is hesitant to allow its
commissioning. In an attempt to stop the operations of the App, he claims he needs time to think, and
will launch the App at his own convenient time. He orders Nicole and Principal Narine to halt all
activities regarding the App until his office gives them the clearance. He demands that they write to the
Ministry of Education citing fundamental errors. Nicole firmly rebuts that the App passed all tests done
by senior officers at the Ministry of Education and skillful software engineers. The Mayor tries to
intimidate Nicole when he states that he is Mossi-oa-Tunya: the smoke that thunders and a Mayor with
express mandate by the people of Maracas. He raises his voice and points his walking stick at Nicole. He
demands that she pens the letter and send a copy to him in an hour’s time. Nicole is adamant that the
matter is beyond her since the App was taken over by the National Information and Communication
Technology Corporation and she determinedly says that she will only do what is right. Madam Principal
confirms Nicole's resolute nature when she claims she is bound to ignore the Mayor’s orders since she
usually doesn’t compromise on what she thinks is right. In the long run, Mayor Mossi fails to intimidate
Nicole and operations of the App are not halted. Mossi is exposed as a corrupt leader and is eventually
arrested. Nicole’s determination pays off.

Moreover, Narine, the principal, admonishes Nicole hoping that she would abandon her quest for a
better Maracas but Nicole remains steadfast until the end when her effort bears victory. The principal
acknowledges that the Samaritan App has sent shockwaves across the municipality, driving leaders into
terrible panic. She advises Nicole to think long and hard about the Samaritan App. Narine says she is
single-handedly focused on providing students under her care with quality education. She vows that she
will not allow any teacher to deviate from this course. She appears to be persuading Nicole to stop the
operations of the Samaritan App. She advises her, as a senior administrator and her mother’s age mate ,
to know which battles to wage, which ones to avoid, and those to defer. She avers that a young girl like
Nicole cannot battle against an elephant like Mossi. Standing firm, Nicole tells her boss that an elephant
that kills a rat is not a hero. She also wonders if the principal would rather that they abandon the
Samaritan, an ingenious innovation, with great potential of improving the Municipality to appease an
egocentric political class. The principal offers no support for Nicole. She instead chooses to step back.
This does not dampen Nicole's spirit. The principal feels Nicole is a headstrong girl. She is fed up. She
says she is not a house help or a secretary to keep receiving calls on behalf of Nicole. She also feels
threatened when the leaders call saying that they are visiting Nicole at school. The principal feels that
the App will not change anything and counsels Nicole with the wise words that, “The bamboo that bends
is stronger than the oak that resists”. Nicole does not heed even when Narine adds that, “If you can’t
turn the wind, turn the sails”. Nicole stays firm. She cannot give in and allow the plunder of public
resources. Her resoluteness pays off when the leaders including Bembe and Mossi are arrested by Tajo,
the head of Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau. Surely, resoluteness results in victory.

Thirdly, Nicole chooses to stand firm when the Inspector General of police, Bembe, tries to unnerve her
by arresting her on trumped-up charges. When Mossi and Bembe realise that the Samaritan App was
being used to air their dirty linen in public, they plan to visit and talk to Nicole. Mossi correctly points
out that Nicole may be a very difficult person. Nicole is determined to do the right thing. Bembe insists
that he has a way of making people switch allegiances. Bembe has a ploy to accuse Nicole of theft of
school furniture, a computer or a generator. He plans to get people to steal the school generator and
accuse Nicole of the crime then ask the judge to put her in. True to his word, Bembe goes to Sagrada
Secondary School to arrest Nicole citing a wide range of accusations including disobeying authorities,
being located at the scene of a murder and stealing the school generator. Nicole is not intimidated. She
knows that her obligation is to do what is right, not to obey leaders blindly. A leader cannot compel her
to do the wrong things. Her choice to do the right thing is not negotiable. Even in the face of an
impending jail term, she is not subdued by Bembe's preposterous fabricated charges. She tells him that it
will get him nowhere and that that will be the darkest day of his career. Bembe orders the police to
handcuff Nicole and the strong-willed teacher resists until she is overpowered. Bembe is only but trying
to intimidate Nicole to stop pursuing the activities of the Samaritan App claiming it poses grave danger
to society. Nicole replies that she is but a simple teacher trying to do what is right. While Bembe posits
that Nicole has an evil plan, she insists that The Samaritan App has no personal agenda and is a
people’s platform of protecting and promoting public good. When she is arraigned in court, thousands
of protesters from all walks of life mob the court precincts in solidarity with Nicole, leaving Bembe with
an egg on his face. Furthermore, his bosses summon him over the impropriety. Eventually, Bembe is
arrested for his involvement in a wide array of crimes and abuse of office. Nicole’s determination to do
good ends in victory.

Apart from that, Alvita and Montano try but fail to plead with miss Nicole to give up the Samaritan App
and she tells them to stand firm with the App and this pays off when the corrupt leaders are arrested.
When the unscrupulous leaders are whisked away by the police, Alvita cries triumphantly that, “You can
never escape from the consequences of your actions”. These are the exact words of the resolute miss
Nicole. The apprehensive students are the brains behind the Samaritan App. But they are now worried
that as a result of the Mayor’s ultimatum, the App may get their beloved teacher in trouble. Nicole
insists that the Samaritan App is an excellent platform for them to speak out against wrongdoing and
share ideas that will make their lives better. The leaders of Maracas municipality are like the priests
and Levite who ignore the injured Samaritan. They do not care about the people. Neither do they come
to their aid. They only pursue their own selfish interests. The students still think that miss Nicole is in
grave danger. The teacher is determined to stand for a cause that can bring a better tomorrow for
everyone. The Samaritan has been all over the media platforms and Alvita thinks it has grown so big
that it is no longer good for them anymore. The two students suggest that she transfers to a different
school. Nicole asks them not to chicken out at every trial or threat. They must stand firm and demand
that their leaders do the right thing. She demands that they are not discouraged and that they stay
brave. This is not an effort in futility. The corrupt leaders including Mayor Mossi are eventually
arrested.

Also, Nicole remains steadfast when the Mayor approaches her and tries to beg for mercy seemingly
penitent of his evil acts and attempting to sway Nicole to eliminate some negative information about
him from the Samaritan App. The Mayor starts by apologizing to Nicole for being a bit hard on her
earlier. He wants to have an honest talk with her. He concedes that he made some mistakes and is
ostensibly there to make the clean breast of everything and to seek Nicole’s understanding and help.
Nicole is taken aback by the change of heart from the initially overbearing Mossi-oa-Tunya, the
untouchable smoke that thunders. He even offers Nicole a bribe. He asks her to quote her figure.
Looking straight at him, Nicole affirms in a firm voice that she can never be part of such a scheme. She
is disappointed that a man entrusted to fight corruption is instead the chief perpetrator. Stuttering, the
penitent leader claims he was offering to invest in the Samaritan App. Mossi feels he is being wrongly
accused on the Samaritan. Nicole reminds him that as the overall leader the buck stops with him. Mossi
tries to exonerate himself by slinging mud at his fellow politicians for instance Ramdaye, deputy Mayor,
for misappropriation of funds; Ted King, the secretary of Health and Environment; Seymour, the
secretary in charge of Planning and Development and Judge Ian Jaden. The Mayor claims that he cannot
do anything about the rot in the municipality, inadvertently admitting his ineptness. Nicole notes that
the whole Municipal Council is a criminal enterprise. Mossi admits that he steals at most three slices of
the loaf meant for the people. He points fingers at everyone else for eating the whole loaf including the
wrapping and the vendor where applicable. Nicole resolutely suggests that all those he accuses are
answerable to him. When he realizes that Nicole wasn’t going to be swayed by his emotional pleas, he
turns to threats. He demands that she deletes every post that cast him in the negative light or else she
will discover why he is called Mossi-oa-Tunya: the smoke that thunders. Nicole remains resolute to do
the right thing. Eventually, Mossi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, is arrested by the anti-corruption
police. Indeed, standing firm in doing the right thing brings positive results.

Lastly, the leaders of Maracas Municipality attempt to appease Nicole by playing power politics and
offering her a high office in the Municipality but she declines the offer, standing her ground until the
felonious leaders are arrested. The eight leaders meet at the Chamber of the Principal Judge with the
aim of saving their skins from The Samaritan. They have assembled to figure out a way to escape being
thrown behind bars at Baneta Express Prison. Basdeo suggests that they talk to Nicole. Mossi warns
him that she is very firm. He tried appealing to her mercy, she couldn’t budge. He tried intimidation and
still she couldn’t yield. Basdeo suggests that they give her a powerful position at the municipal council.
They plan to let her tell them the position she wants and voila! she becomes part and parcel of the
municipal leadership. Jaden suggests that they bring her a box of chocolate as an incentive but Mossi
cautions him that she won’t take it. When they meet Nicole, they all grovel. Jaden seeks for forgiveness
for intruding into Nicole’s busy schedule. Bembe apologizes profusely for arresting Nicole. Mossi also
apologizes for treading on her toes. Although she is puzzled, Nicole accepts the apologies and also
expresses regret in the event that she offended any of them. She politely declines Ted's offer of a golden
ring. The leaders admit serious mistakes in the leadership that have brought the Municipality to a crisis.
They avow that the ship is sinking. They request Nicole’s contribution in enhancing service delivery to
the people and she accepts. They ask her to name the senior position she would like to occupy. Jaden
proposes that she should assume the role of Director General. Nicole declines the offer telling the
gentleman that they don’t need new laws, contracts or positions but a change of spirit among the people
and especially among the leaders. Nicole tells them that to salvage the bleak situation they should do
the right thing; that is, make a U-turn about dipping their fingers in the public till and pursuing personal
gains. At this point, her efforts bring good tidings when the corrupt officials are arrested and escorted to
the Anti-Corruption investigation Bureau.

In conclusion, triumph is a result of an unwavering spirit especially when we champion for good.
Nicole's determination to stamp out corruption in Maracas Municipality and to have the disreputable
leaders brought to book ends in a jackpot when they are all arrested signaling a new dawn.

THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

When citizens elect selfish leaders, they end up suffering. Write an essay in support of this claim
basing your illustrations on John Lara's The Samaritan.

Some leaders only care about their selfish interests. When such self-seeking leaders are elected, they
abuse their powers and break the law with impunity. They engage in vices such as corruption, drug
trafficking, murder, gang warfare, misappropriation of public funds etc. The citizens who vote them in
bear the brunt of such cruelty, lack of integrity and inefficiency.

Ramdaye, the Deputy Mayor of Maracas municipality, is a selfish man whose corrupt ways lead to the
suffering of many citizens of Maracas. Despite knowing that he has never accomplished anything in his
life other than swindling people, the people overwhelmingly vote for him. He is in charge of the
Department of Physical Infrastructure. He uses this position to award his companies and those of his
relatives tenders for construction of roads, bridges, pavements, drains and water courses. They
misappropriate the funds and do a shoddy job. He is also in charge of construction and maintenance of
secondary roads. Due to his ineptness, the workers do such a shoddy job that the poor quality roads
look like abandoned battlefield destroyed by bombs. Even tractors get stuck on such roads! Moreover,
citizens still elect him even when they know him as a conman who prints fake title deeds and sells the
same plot to as many as ten people. He sold Bembe, the Inspector General of police, land that belongs to
Maracas university. That is how he has earned his livelihood all these years. He has destroyed lives of
countless people because of his greed (P42). When he learned about the “Rodengate Affair”, in which
justice Ian Jaden was rearing rats and introducing them into farms to undermine local production in
order to import corn through his company, Prime Orchard Limited, he is silenced by bribery. He is given
money and shares in the company. His family is also doing all Municipal Council projects that fall under
his Department denying deserving citizens a chance to offer their prowess and earn an honest coin.
Thus, residents continue to suffer under his watch. Indeed, citizens suffer when they elect rogue leaders
like Ramdaye.

Ted King is also a self-seeking leader who causes anguish to the citizens of Maracas Municipality owing
to his selfish nature. He is the Municipal Secretary for the Department of Health and Environment.
Despite his infamous reputation as a pirate and a nuisance to the public, people vote for him
overwhelmingly into the Municipal Council. The youth and all are excited by his evil hairstyle, ripped
jeans, bangles, necklaces and other adornments. After inviting bids for construction of health centres,
Ted ensures companies associated with his relatives and friends win the tenders. He conspires with
them and steals all the money allotted for the project and ends up putting up site offices that resemble
cowsheds. A former DJ, Ted was responsible for noise pollution and pirating other people’s music.
Citizens, tired of the nuisance and agony, complained ceaselessly. Furthermore, he is illiterate and spews
gibberish on the floor of the chamber. He reeks of illicit brew like one who sleeps in a brewery or a
nightclub. Together with Seymour, he is responsible for supplying air to the Municipal Council. This
means that their companies receive huge sums of public funds without rendering any service. He further
supports Seymour’s rallying call that they reallocate the budget in order to use public funds to fight the
corruption cases against them. Citizens who vote in leaders like Ted end up in anguish since the self-
seeking leader does not deliver services to them instead they embezzle funds for their selfish interests.

Thirdly, Seymour, is the self-seeking secretary to the Municipal Department of Planning and
Development. In spite of his moral failings, the people elected him overwhelmingly. He bribes people
using his drug money to buy his way into office. To get building plans approval in Maracas municipality,
people simply bribe Seymour and the rotten Inspectorate Unit under him. Proper building standards are
not adhered to thus putting the lives of the people living in such buildings at great risk. Never mind that
Maracas is in a seismically active area. The people have also suffered under his callous leadership since
anyone who dares bat an eyelid ends up disappearing mysteriously. He runs a murderous gang known
Black Swan Gang which is responsible for shootings and violence. People read about this in the papers
but they still elect him. Apart from that, he demands that Mossi justifies reallocation on the need to
address the issue of the terrible waste disposal system in the town. It is a serious health hazard for the
citizens since the garbage is strewn all over the place and the drains are broken. Instead of fixing the
problem, he wants them to use the funds to fight off the imminent corruption cases against them.
Seymour is also known for drug trafficking. He has ruined the lives of many children who have dropped
out of school because of drugs, some have become cabbages, some roam aimlessly or have lost their
minds and worse still others have died because of drugs. He also has a fake law certificate that he uses
to intimidate people with. His whole family including his two children and wife have been ruined by
drugs. Surely, people who vote for such evil leaders can only blame themselves for the agony their
leaders put them through.

The mayor of Maracas municipality, Mossi-oa-Tunya, is also a selfish leader whose avarice results in
untold suffering for the subjects under him. He claims that he was voted in by hundreds of thousands of
people. All these people voted for him in spite of his iniquity. Using his powers, he tries to halt the
operations of The Samaritan App, an innovation used to fight corruption and other vices in Maracas
Municipality. He tries intimidate Ms. Narine, the Principal, and Ms. Nicole the Ethics and Innovations
teacher at Sagrada Secondary School. In the past, he has been forced by Seymour to misallocate public
money to fund unnecessary demands like sitting allowances for useless committee meetings. He is also
responsible for the municipal capture; the worst form of corruption and abuse of office. His private
interests determine the direction of public policy. He asks Mr. Harvester to use public funds to buy all
newspapers that portray the Municipal leaders in bad light and to organize daily press conferences to
clear their names and save their skin. Apart from that, he runs a gang of riotous youth known as the
Red Eagle Gang. He admits stealing public resources when he alludes to a loaf bread meant for the
people from which he takes three slices for himself. Although the buck stops with him, he points fingers
at other leaders like Ramdaye and Seymour, completely refusing to admit blame. He is only keen on
protecting his political career. Under his watch, the citizens suffer a den of leaders who participate in
corruption, murder, stealing, dishonesty and sexual perversion. Electing such leaders is a sure way to
end up in the quagmire of agony.

In conclusion, citizens who want their region to develop with expediency must elect honourable leaders
of integrity. Supporting inept leaders who only care about their own interests results in agony for the
citizens.

THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

Immoral people try to hide their misdeeds but when the truth comes out, they face the
consequences of their actions. Making reference to John Lara's The Samaritan, write an essay
to support this statement.

Some people are dishonest or unethical. They go to great lengths to conceal their immorality or wicked
deeds. Inevitably, the truth comes out and they pay for their sins. Characters like Mossi, Jaden and
Bembe in The Samaritan learn this the hard way.

Mossi tries to conceal his immoral acts but when the truth is revealed, he faces the consequences. Mossi
is exposed for being corrupt. He is accused of municipal capture - the worst form of corruption and
abuse of office(P38). He is also accused of inflating the cost of projects and presiding over shoddy
municipal projects(P62). He fails to call his municipal secretaries to order and rebuke them despite
having information about the corrupt and inept leaders. He admits that he has some skeletons in the
closet and he goes to great lengths to keep these misdeeds a secret (P29). First, he refuses to launch the
Samaritan app claiming it may have far-reaching implications (P15,23). He orders Ms. Nicole to write to
the ministry officials expressing his reservations about the Samaritan app. He also threatens the
principal Ms. Narine. This is because the aim of the Samaritan App is to promote the public good by
exposing corruption and other vices in the municipality and agitating for the prosecution of the
culprits(P23). Secondly, he convenes an urgent meeting to try and avert the adverse effects of the
exposure. He orders Mr. Harvester to buy all the newspapers in an effort to conceal his misdeeds. The
headlines of the newspapers such as ‘The Caribbean Watch', ‘The Sentinel’ and ‘The Spotlight’ are
extremely damaging for him and the other leaders. He supports Bembe's idea of banning the Samaritan
app and orders Harvester to issue a circular to that effect (P27-28). Mossi wants computer experts to
hack and mess up the app. He calls for a meeting of his dependable allies and asks Harvester to prepare
a comprehensive press statement to counter the allegations against them(P43). He intends to hold a
press conference daily. The mayor visits Ms Nicole and admits his mistakes and begs her to help her by
eliminating incriminating information about him from the app. He even offers her and the innovators,
Alvita and Montano, a bribe. Nicole declines(P60-61). When his remorseful approach fails, he orders
Nicole to delete all negative posts about him from the app, trying to conceal his wrongdoing (P73). He
later on apologizes to Nicole and even offers her a post at the municipal council. He shakes her hand
vigorously when he mistakenly thinks that she had accepted the offer. The truth about his unethical
deeds is, however, all over the app and mainstream media. Mossi tries to hide behind Nicole when he
and others are accosted by Tajo, the National Anti-corruption Investigation Bureau boss. He is arrested
and cuffed and escorted to the National Anti-corruption Investigation Bureau headquarters. Indeed, no
one can escape from the consequences of their actions.

Secondly, Inspector Bembe tries to hide his unscrupulous deals but when the truth comes out he faces
the music. Inspector Bembe has always been very discreet about his private affairs. His face is covered
with an expression of horror when it is revealed that people are demanding for information about the
source of funds he used to build Madingo Golf Club. Mossi reminds him that there is nothing you can do
on earth without someone knowing about it(P26). The secretive policeman is exposed on the Samaritan
app and accused of an array of illegalities including; corruption, drug peddling, violation of human
rights and extortion(P38). ‘The Caribbean Watch’ newspaper reports that his hotel and his home are
built on Maracas University land - which is public land. A lobby group has moved to court to have the
land restored to the university(P40). He is also exposed for gang involvement - being a member of
Ghettoboyz. His hotel is famously known as Motorist Highway Hotel since it was built using proceeds of
corruption; bribes from motorists. His officers collect bribes from the guilty and innocent alike. The
police force has been converted into his own personal outfit(P41). To conceal his immoral deeds,
Inspector Bembe suggests that they threaten some of the reporters(P22) and that they ban The
Samaritan app in Maracas Municipality. He is ready to enforce the law(P27). He then tries to intimidate
Nicole by accusing her of stealing the school generator, being at a scene of a murder, disobeying
authorities and being too strong-willed for a school teacher (P94-95). He then arrests her on trumped up
charges while demanding to know where The Samaritan is hidden. When this fails, he tries to apologize
to Nicole as they attempt to lure her with a job offer(P131). When faced by Tajo, the anti-corruption
police boss, he staggers and almost falls as he seeks cover(P138). He is then arrested and handcuffed. As
a diabetic, he is bound to face a rough time in prison (P99). When evil deeds come to the light, the
perpetrators suffer the consequences.

Justice Jaden tries to strategically conceal his dirty deals but he suffers when his secrets are divulged.
Mossi reveals that judges in Maracas municipality are worse than temple robbers. He tells Jaden that
they all have some skeletons in the closet. Jaden thinks of himself as a strategic schemer. He posits that
what matters is not what you do, but how you do it. He claims that you can fly into forbidden territory
and get away with it, provided you do it under the radar(P29). Indeed, he is part of the syndicate just
like Mossi insinuated. A company linked to him - Prime Orchard Farm - was involved in the “rats and
other rodents scandal”. He is a shareholder in the company(P105). He gives biased rulings in favour of
Ivy, his mistress, considering single sourcing for her company as opposed to a competitive bidding and
also in favour of Prime Orchard Farm when the company is sued for being the source of destructive
rodents. The farm rears rats that are released into farms to undermine production of grains in order to
increase demand for imported grain since Prime Orchard Farm is one of the largest importers of corn in
the municipality. The specially trained cats at the farm eat chicken instead of rodents. Jaden also uses
his public office to amass a fortune for himself. He is also corrupt since he takes money from litigants to
determine cases in their favour. When he realizes his evil deeds have been exposed, he beseeches
Harvester to organize a meeting with Mossi, Basdeo and others with the view to saving their skins from
their Samaritan app and concealing their unethical acts. He also plans to apply the principle of double
jeopardy, that is initiating prosecution in order to preempt any legal move against them. He then
suggests temporarily halting activities of the Samaritan app citing intrusion of privacy(P123). To
further conceal his misdeeds, he is part of the schemers offering Nicole a lucrative post in the municipal
council. His exposure causes him immense suffering. He experiences hallucinations when he sees rats
and other rodents and catches the smell of sewer rats, nausea and stomach ulcers. When accosted by
Tajo, the National Anti-corruption Investigations Bureau chief, he crouches under the boardroom table.
He is then arrested and cuffed. Indeed when misdeeds are exposed, the miscreants suffer adversely.

Seymour insists on reallocation of budget items or submission of a supplementary budget in order to

use the money to fight the impending cases against them when his misdeeds are exposed. When his
fraudulent acts are exposed, he suggests that they talk to the people posting on the Samaritan app and
pay them to stop(P24). Companies linked to him are exposed on the Samaritan app and the newspapers
for supplying air to the municipality then bill the municipal council huge sums of money without
rendering any service. He supports Bembe’s idea of banning the Samaritan app, and justifies this by
claiming it is a suspect spy app. He also cites absurd reasons like theft of confidential information like
bank details, cyber bullying and pornography in schools(P27). Seymour suggests that they should rely
on Justice Ian Jaden should the issue escalate to court(P29). In addition to that, he posits that the
leaders should talk to Alvita and Montano(P30) or use money from the municipal council coffers to
bribe witnesses as they fight the cases(P31). In a bid to further hide his wickedness, he proposes that
Mossi should allow reallocation of funds, ostensibly to manage the waste disposal system. In real sense,
some of the money would be used to fight the cases against him. He has been a culprit in such
misallocation of funds in the past by compelling the mayor to irregularly part with funds for regular
travel with enhanced allowances, unnecessary committee meetings and loans and mortgages. He pushes
the mayor to the wall in an effort to compel him to approve the supplementary budget in order to
conceal his wrongdoing. Seymour was once a poor, jigger-infested hoodlum. Now he lives in grandiose
villas and mansions, indulges in sumptuous delicacies in classy hotels and drives swanky state-of-the-
art vehicles(P35) thanks to his corrupt ways. He is behind protracted delays in the issue of building
approvals, bribes to get a building plan, and gang violence with Black Swan gang, selling drugs and
ruining the lives of the youth in Maracas municipality. Eventually he is arrested, cuffed and escorted to
the anti-corruption headquarters by Tajo. He shuffles around Nicole on his feet in confusion. Surely,
when ones evil deeds come to the light, they regret the consequences of their actions.

In conclusion, indeed unethical people attempt to conceal their misdeeds albeit unsuccessfully.
Eventually, they face the music when their sins are exposed.

THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

Selfish leaders create many problems that affect citizens. Making reference to John Lara’s The
Samaritan, write an essay to support this statement.

Many issues facing citizens of Maracas Municipality are a creation of self-seeking leaders. Leaders like
Mossi, Bembe, Jaden, Ramdaye and Seymour lack consideration for the citizens and are only concerned
with their own selfish ambitions. These result in many problems for the citizens.

Mayor Mossi creates many problems for the citizens of Maracas as a result of his selfishness. He
selfishly declines to either award Alvita and Montano, the innovators of the Samaritan app, or launch
the app. He cites far-reaching implications. He orders Ms. Narine and Ms. Nicole to halt any activity
regarding the app(P16). Nicole was to write a letter to the officials expressing the mayor’s reservation
about The Samaritan(P17). The Samaritan had been approved by senior officials at the Ministry of
Education and experienced software engineers(P16). Mossi later misuses his power when he threatens
Nicole and Narine(P19). Mossi is accused of municipal capture which is the worst form of corruption
and abuse of office. He later owns up his mistakes and seeks Nicole’s help(P60). Owing to his selfishness,
he wants her to eliminate some negative information about him on the app. He even offers to bribe
Nicole and the kids(P61). Mossi is also accused of inflating costs of projects and presiding over shoddy
municipal works(P62). Later, he orders Nicole to delete every post that casts him in negative light(P73).
When Ramdaye and others plan to move a vote of no confidence against him, he asks justice Jaden to
jail Basdeo, Ramdaye, Seymour and Ted only because he wants to save his skin. Never mind that earlier
on he did not bother to have them convicted, despite having intel about their wrongdoing, accusing the
judges of being worse than temple robbers(P67). As the overall leader, Nicole notes that the buck stops
with him(P62). Everything Mossi does is motivated by his selfish interest rather than public interest.
Thus, the municipality is rife with problems such as corruption, murder, theft, deceit and sexual
perversion(P90). These problems affect the citizens thanks to Mossi’s avarice. Surely, uncaring leaders
create problems which affect the citizens.

The deputy mayor Ramdaye is a selfish leader who creates a myriad of problems for citizens of Maracas
Municipality. He is the municipal secretary in charge of infrastructure. Under his watch, the citizens
have to make do with terrible roads in the municipality. The council pays a lot of money for the roads
but only a few kilometres of roads are dug up. The contractor pours old black oil and claims the road is
tarmacked. The roads look like abandoned battlefields ruined by detonated bombs and are so terrible
that even tractors get stuck on them(P62). He fuels nepotism since only his companies and those of his
relatives win tenders for construction of roads, constructions of bridges, drains and waterways. They
misappropriate funds and do not do any meaningful work(P63). He also prints fake title deeds and sells
ten plots to ten different unsuspecting people. He swindles many people including Bembe, the Inspector
General of police, to whom he sells grabbed land that belongs to Maracas University. He has ruined the
lives of countless people through his greed(P42). The citizens are adversely affected because of the
substandard infrastructure. Ramdaye is a self-seeking leader since his family is involved in municipal
projects and it does business with the municipal council. Such selfish leaders initiate serious problems
that burden the citizens.

Ted King is also a leader that creates problems that adversely affect the citizens. Ted is the secretary in
charge of health and environment. The healthcare sector in Maracas is in disarray. Hospitals today
barely have any medicine(P9). There are no drugs in hospitals because of theft(P91). He invites bids for
construction of health centres but due to his selfishness, only companies associated with his friends and
family win tenders. Ted steals all the money budgeted for healthcare. He puts up site offices that look
like cowsheds. It is said that he “ate” a whole hospital(P64). People also complained of noise pollution
when he worked as a deejay. Apart from that, he also pirates other people’s music(P65). For his selfish
interests, he tries to whip up racial and class prejudice in a bid to ouster Mayor Mossi. Many problems
experienced by citizens are created by selfish leaders like Ted King.

As a result of Seymour’s selfishness, the plight of citizens of Maracas is aggravated. He is the municipal
secretary in charge of planning and development. There is a public outcry over companies that bill the
municipality huge sums of money without rendering any services. Thus, Seymour is accused of supply of
air(P24). In order to exonerate himself, he proposes that they have a conversation with those posting
damaging information about him on The Samaritan app and they pay them to stop(P24). He selfishly
suggests that they get money from the municipal fund through the reallocation of budget line items.
They can justify the reallocation of funds on the alleged need to address the problem of poor waste
disposal since there is garbage all over the place and the drains are broken, leading to a serious health
hazard. In reality, the public funds would be used to fight off the impending cases against them(P33). In
the past, he has misused public funds through regular travel with enhanced allowances, sitting
allowance for unnecessary committee meetings, loans and mortgages(P34). He insists on approval of a
supplementary budget to selfishly obtain the cash or else they eject the mayor from office(P35). When
elected, he was dirt poor but now he swims in stolen public money(P35). As an incompetent self-seeking
secretary of planning and development, he is behind protracted delays in building approvals in
Maracas. One needs to part with dollars to get building plan approvals. The inspectorate unit under him
approves improper buildings because of corruption(P66). He is also involved in gang violence as the
head of the Black Swan gang that is responsible for shooting, violence and disappearance of people. He
also sells narcotics and has ruined lives of many children who have dropped out of school, become
cabbages, roam aimlessly, lost their minds and even some have died(P67). He was voted in
overwhelmingly after bribing voters using drug money. Indeed, citizens are affected adversely by the
selfish actions of self-serving leaders such as Seymour.

Bembe, the Inspector General of police, is a self-seeking leader and as a result he creates many problems
for the citizens of Maracas Municipality. Ironically, the Inspector General of police is accused of an
array of crimes ranging from corruption, violation of human rights, drug peddling and extortion(p38).
His hotel, Madingo Golf Club, is built on Maracas University land which is public land(P40). Bembe is
corrupt since the hotel was built with money obtained from proceeds of corruption. He has transformed
the police force into his own outfit for collecting bribes from the guilty and innocent alike. His hotel is
now known as Motorists Highway Hotel owing to the fact that his officers collect bribes from motorists
every day(P41). He is also involved in gang violence as a member of Ghettoboyz gang. Together with
Mossi, he organized the senseless chaos and violence, in a bid to avert the vote of no confidence motion
against Mossi who had promised to help him concerning his grabbed land(P45). Bembe also arrests an
innocent Ms. Nicole on baseless trumped up charges of disobeying authorities and stealing the school
generator. He alleges her phone signal was located at the scene of a murder(P94). On his order, two
police officers violently arrest Nicole, cuffing her and dragging her on the floor. All this unnecessary
harassment is an effort to conceal his criminal activities and avoid prosecution and possible conviction.
She is later acquitted and released unconditionally. Lastly, Bembe misuses his power when he assigns a
consignment of officers to support Mossi’s Red Eagle Network to cause violence and chaos in the
municipality. They burn mattresses among other things thus degrading the environment. Surely such
selfish leaders like Bembe cause any problems which affect citizens.

Jaden is the principal judge in Maracas Municipality but many citizens suffer because he is selfish. The
justice system in Maracas is flawed. Ted King insinuates that with enough money, one can easily
influence investigators, lawyers, prosecutors and judges( P33). The courts in Maracas are undependable
since they follow the money more often than they follow justice(P44). The courts cannot prosecute the
corrupt inept leaders since the judges are part of the syndicate. In fact, they are worse than temple
robbers!(P67). Because of selfish leaders like Jaden, Maracas is undergoing destruction because there is
no justice in the law courts(P91). Justice Jaden claims that he does not operate in a vacuum hence his
thinking and action is influenced by the ethos operating in the society(P116). A company linked to him -
Prime Orchard Farm - is linked to the rats and other rodents scandal. He is a shareholder in the
company(P105). He sends his mistress Ivy to Mossi to secure a contract of killing rats and other rodents
ravaging rice and cornfields in the municipality. When members of the municipal council reject the
contract and insist on a competitive bidding, Jaden rules in the favor of Ivy's company, Vertebrae Pest
Control, a subsidiary of Prime Orchard Limited(P106-107). He says single sourcing was permissible in
the public interest but in reality, it is only due to his avarice. His company Prime Orchard Farm, reared
rats to undermine the production of corn in order to increase the demand for imported grains. Prime
Orchard Farm is one of the largest importers of corn in the municipality. When Prime Orchard Farm is
sued for being the source of rodents, he rules in favour of the company claiming that rodents are a
normal phenomena. The cats they rear at the farm become wild and they eat chickens instead of
rodents. Jaden also uses his office to amass a fortune for himself. Surely, selfish leaders like Justice Jaden
create an array of problems that affect the citizens.

In conclusion, many of the problems facing citizens are creations of self-serving leaders like Mossi,
Bembe and Ramdaye among others.

THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

People who engage in wrongdoing cannot escape from the consequences of their actions. Write
an essay to support this claim basing your illustrations on John Lara’s The Samaritan.

Some people take part in illegal or dishonest deeds hoping that they will get away with it. Such
misconduct usually leads to serious consequences. Characters like Bembe and Jaden engage in crime but
when their sins are exposed they face repercussions and try as they may, they do not escape the long
arm of the law.

Inspector Bembe takes part in an array of criminal activities including corruption and violation of
human rights among others but eventually he pays for it. When he learns that he has been exposed on
The Samaritan, he suggests that they should threaten some of the journalists(P22). Bembe is an evil man
who is always secretive about his private affairs, so he is shocked to learn that people know about his
hotel, Madingo Golf Club(P28). He suggests that they ban The Samaritan App(P27). He is accused of
corruption, violation of human rights, drug peddling and extortion(P39). This exposé makes him drift
into a coma since he has issues with his blood sugar(P38). ‘The Caribbean Watch' newspaper claims that
Bembe’s hotel and home are built on Maracas University land - which is public land. A lobby group is
moving to court to have the land restored to the university. When Bembe learns of this, he breathes
heavily while trembling. He sunk all his life savings in putting up the hotel and the home, and he is
retiring in a few months time. Apart from that, Bembe is also a member of a shadowy gang - Ghettoboyz
- that robs people. His hotel is called Motorists Highway Hotel since it was built with bribes collected
from motorists. He has converted the municipal police force into a personal outfit for collecting bribes
from the innocent and the guilty alike. Furthermore, he arrests Ms. Nicole on fabricated charges of
stealing the school generator and disobeying authorities(P95,100). He orders his two officers to arrest
Nicole. They cuff her and drag her on the floor. She is, however, released and the case dismissed. Bembe
tells Mossi that they are doomed. He prefers to die than to be a derelict or an inmate. He asks the lord to
have mercy on him. He suffers from a runny stomach. He cannot last a week in prison because he is
diabetic. These are his last days, he says(P99). When she’s arrested, Nicole gets support from touts,
hawkers, students, women and men of all walks of life.(P100.) Later, he apologises to Nicole. Claiming
the arrest was a misunderstanding he admits his mistake and begs for forgiveness (131-132). He is later
arrested. Trying to escape the dragnet, he staggers and almost falls as he struggles to take cover (P138).
Clearly, no one can escape from the consequences of their actions.

Justice Ian Jaden pays for his sins after abusing his office and engaging in a number of unethical acts. He
is a corrupt judge who thought he could get away with his misdeeds for he posits that you can fly into
enemy territory and get away with it provided you do it below the radar. That what matters is not what
you do but how you do it. He thinks that since he is educated and strategic he can beat the system and
escape Scot free(P29). Jaden is unethical since his relatives are involved in doing business with the
municipal council(P69). Jaden’s company, Prime Orchard Farm, is involved in a fraud case dubbed the
‘grain scandal’(P102). He is fraudulently awarded a contract for killing rats and other rodents ravaging
rice and corn fields in the municipality(P106). He gets the contract through single sourcing rather than
competitive bidding. Jaden then rules that given the urgency to safeguard the grains, single sourcing
was permissible in the public interest(P107). He also rules in the favor of prime orchard farm when the
company is sued for being the source of destructive rodents in the municipality(P108). Jaden takes
bribes from litigants to determine cases in their favour and uses his office to amass a fortune for
himself. When he is exposed, he suffers stomach ulcers and hallucinations when he starts seeing huge
smelly sewer rats. He also helped some friends by making biased rulings in their favor as an interested
party and he was given shares in the company as a reward for this illegality. He is now in a dilemma
since the mayor is suing the said company. He suffers a myriad of challenges including seeing rats and
other rodents running all over the place, catching the smell of sewer rats, wanting to throw up, stomach
aches and having more severe ulcers(P116). He organizes a meeting with other leaders hoping to escape
the risk of prosecution. His suggestions about double jeopardy or a temporal ban of the Samaritan app
also hit a snag(P123). His attempt to lure Ms. Nicole with the promise of a plum position as the director
general in the municipality is also futile(P134). He is arrested by Tajo, The anti corruption boss. He tries
to crouch under the boardroom table to avoid arrest(P138). Indeed, no one can escape from the
repercussions of their actions.

Mayor Mossi involves himself in dishonest deeds and inevitably faces the ramifications with actions. He
is accused of many crimes including municipal capture - which is the worst form of corruption and
abuse of office, in which his private interests determine the direction of public policy(P39). When he
learns that The Samaritan app could be used to expose the rot in the municipal procurement process, he
declines to launch it claiming that the municipal leaders need time to reflect on the implications of the
app(P15). He even instructs Nicole to write to the officials concerning his reservations(P18) and oders
Ms. Nicole and Ms. Narine to halt any activity concerning the app in a bid to conceal the illegalities the
leaders are engaged in(P16). He convenes meetings with other leaders in an effort to escape the
consequences of his actions(P20). He also asks Harvester to buy all newspapers from all vendors using
public funds, since they contain damaging information about the leaders(P21,41). After a disagreement,
Seymour and others want to move a vote of no confidence in Mossi. Mossi loses consciousness when he
learns that he may end up in the uninhabitable Baneta Express Prison(P38). He also plans to use press
conferences to fight the allegations against him(P43). Mayor Mossi admits taking part in an ethical
deeds(P60). However, he tries to downplay his role in the plunder of public resources when he says that
unlike other leaders who gobble up the loaf meant for the people, he only takes a slice or two or
three(P68-69). He wants Nicole to prevail over the kids who made the Samaritan to eliminate some
negative information about him on the app(P60). The corrupt mayor even has the audacity to offer
Nicole and the children a bribe claiming that everybody needs money(P61). On the issue of development,
he is accused of inflating the cost of projects and overseeing shoddy municipal works. When Nicole
refuses to budge, he accuses the people of electing evil people into public office and later on
whining(P71). He also orders Nicole to delete every post that casts him in negative light on the
Samaritan App(P73). Mossi tries to lure Nicole with a plum job and promises of changes in the
municipality for example; that public resources will no longer be stolen, justice will be served and not
preserved for the rich, the police will stand with the innocent and not the crooks or lawbreakers and
lawmakers will promote public interests rather than feathering their own nests(P133-134). Mayor Mossi
pays for his immorality when he is arrested by Tajo, the anti-corruption chief. He tries to hide behind
Nicole, when Tajo declares that he was there to escort them to the anti-corruption headquarters(P138).
Indeed, wrongdoers cannot escape the ramifications of their actions.

Hon. Seymour also engages in a number of criminal activities and ultimately faces the consequences of
his actions. He is the municipal secretary in charge of planning and development(P20). He is accused
alongside Hon. Ted of supplying air. Their companies bill the municipal council huge sums of money
every month but they do not render any services. This illegality is exposed on the Samaritan app(P24).
Springing to his feet with clenched fists, Seymour declares that no one can write that kind of stuff about
him. In a trembling voice, he says that those are fake documents and declares war against those behind
the allegations(P25). He suggests that they think creatively about a way to stop the Samaritans
App(P27), or the need to rely on Justice Jaden should the matter escalate to court(P29). He also suggests
that they persuade Alvita and Montano to drop the matter(P30) or simply use public money from the
municipal fund through reallocation of budget line items to fight the cases(P32-33). This money,
according to Ted, could be used to take care of investigators, lawyers prosecutors and judges(P33).
Seymour makes it clear that the money will be used to fight off cases against them, but they can justify
the relocation on the ostensible need to fix the problem of the terrible waste disposal system, which is a
serious health hazard(P33). This is illegal. Seymour was elected as a poor and jigger-infested hoodlum
but now he lives like a king in grandiose villas and drives swanky cars thanks to stealing public
money(P35). In the department of planning and development, he is behind the protracted delays in the
issue of building approvals, and one needs to part with dollars in order to get building plans. They
rotten inspectorate unit under him approves improper buildings as long as you part with dollars(P66).
His law degree was printed downtown(P66). He also leads the murderous Black Swan Gang which is
responsible for shootings and violence and disappearance of people. Seymour takes part in the selling of
narcotics and this has ruined the lives of many people(P67). As a result, his eldest son is always at the
rehab, the other one is always inebriated at the casino and the wife is a perpetual drunk(P70). He faces
the consequences of his actions when he is arrested by Tajo, the head of the Anti-corruption Bureau. He
shuffles on his feet in confusion when the policeman introduces himself. He is handcuffed by uniformed
police officers, bundled out and escorted to the anti-corruption headquarters(P138). Clearly, an ethical
people cannot escape from the ramifications of their misdeeds.

Ramdaye, the deputy mayor, is a leader that takes part in dishonest deeds but eventually pays for his
imprudence. Despite being a leader, Ramdaye is a notorious swindler. He sells Bembe public land that
belongs to Maracas University. That is how he has earned his livelihood for all these years. He has
ruined the lives of countless people through his greed(P42). Only his companies and those of his
relatives win tenders for the road construction, construction of bridges, drains and water courses. They
misappropriate the funds and do a shoddy job(P63). Ramdaye also swindles people by printing ten title
deeds for the same plot and selling it to ten different people(P63). He is a corrupt and dishonest leader
since he is bribed by Ivy in order to keep mum about the rodent gate affair. He is also made a
shareholder of Prime Orchard Limited. Eventually, he faces the consequences of his actions when he is
arrested by Tajo, who is in charge of anti-corruption. Ramdaye shuffles around on his feet in confusion
before two uniformed officers handcuff him and bundle him out of the room. Truly, one cannot escape
from the consequences of their actions.

In conclusion, it is clear to see that when one engages in unethical acts for example corruption, gang
involvement, nepotism etc. they cannot escape punishment. Ultimately, they pay for their sins.

THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

Those who unite only for selfish reasons are bound to fail. Making reference to John Lara’s The
Samaritan, write an essay to support this statement.

Some people only come together for the common purpose of pursuing their selfish interests. Such people
are always unsuccessful in achieving their goal. In The Samaritan, Mossi and other leaders only unite in
an effort save their skins from the exposé on The Samaritan app in order to avoid possible conviction
but their meetings end in disarray and ultimately they fail to achieve their common goal.

Mayor Mossi unites with other key leaders in the municipal administration with the aim of saving their
skins in the wake of damaging revelations about them in the media but this unity proves futile in the
long run. The mayor convenes an urgent meeting when he learns that the leaders had been exposed on
the Samaritan app and newspapers such as “The Insight” whose headline screams: ‘Rot in Maracas
Municipal Council Exposed’(P21). Mossi refused to launch the Samaritan app when he figured out the
innovation may be a problem for the leaders(P23). The app can be used to expose corruption and other
vices and agitate for prosecution of the culprits(P23). The main aim of this unity is to attempt to avert
possible prosecution and conviction. Seymour suggests that they have a conversation with those posting
on the app and pay them to stop(P24). He also suggests that Jaden helps them in case the issue escalates
to court. Mossi insist that they must work together since they all have some skeletons in the
closet(P29). Seymour insists they should mobilize enough money to fight any impending cases(P31). He
avers that they should get their money from the municipal fund and Ted says they can use it to pay
investigators, lawyers, prosecutors, and judges(P33). He says they could justify the reallocation by
claiming it would be used to fix the waste disposal system which poses a health hazard but Mossi
dismisses him saying it was against the law. The meeting degenerates into a spat pitting Mossi against
Ted and Seymour. They accuse each other of several crimes. Seymour and Ted threaten to hound Mossi
out of office but he cautions them that he is “The smoke that thunders”. Eventually, they fail to stop the
Samaritan app or the prosecution since they are arrested in the long run. Clearly, coming together for
selfish reasons bears no fruit.

Mossi brings together his dependable allies so that they could agree on the handling of the Samaritan
crisis which had snowballed into a huge nightmare for them (P37) but this unity of convenience proves
futile. Mossi, Bembe and Harvester meets in the Jungle room at the Madingo Golf Club. Each one of them
is accused of many misdeeds and the purpose of their unity is to try and escape the dragnet. Bembe is
accused of countless cases of corruption, violation of human rights, drug peddling and extortion(P38).
Harvester is accused of many crimes of abuse of office including doing letters banning the use of apps
and directing the ICT officer to take steps against suspect apps(P38). On the other hand, Mossi is
accused of many crimes particularly municipal capture which is the worst form of corruption and abuse
of office where private interests determine the direction of public policy(P39). Harvester is also accused
of using public funds to purchase all newspapers following Mossi orders(P40). “The Caribbean Watch”
newspaper alleges that Bembe’s hotel and home are built on Maracas University land and a lobby
group is moving to court to have the land restored back to the university(P40). He is also accused of
being a member of Ghettoboyz gang which robs people. He has further converted the municipal police
force into his personal outfit for collecting bribes and his hotel which is now dubbed ‘Motorists Highway
Hotel’ was built with bribes collected from motorists(P41). This trio convenes for several selfish reasons:
Saving Bembe’s land from his repossession, saving Mossi from being ejected from office through a vote
of no confidence, and escaping retribution following the exposure on the Samaritan app. They plan to
arrange for press conferences to give the impression that the municipal council is running
normally(P43). The most important and urgent problem according to Mossi is dealing with the vote of
no confidence in him(P43). They raise a number of solutions including arresting the sponsors of the
motion, stopping the move in court, mobilizing Mossi’s political base to defeat the motion on the floor,
and funding gangs - Red Eagle Network and Ghettoboyz - and undercover police officers to disrupt the
meeting at the municipal headquarters(P44-47). They plan to deal with the Samaritan by either talking
to Ms Nicole or blackmailing her by accusing her of stealing school property including a computer or a
generator(P47). They also plan to talk to Jaden to jail Ramdaye, Seymour and Ted(P47). They fail
terribly. They are unable to stop the Samaritan, the judge dismisses Nicole’s case and sets her
free(P100), Bembe is badly embarrassed when the fools he sent to steal the generator are unsuccessful in
their endeavour, and he has been summoned to the headquarters in the capital by his bosses. The vote of
no confidence is still on as Ramdaye and his group are regrouping to have a massive rally at Atobold
stadium(P101). Also, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau is on to them(P102). Ultimately, they fail
to stop the prosecutions as they are all arrested. Surely, coming together only for selfish reasons is
pointless.

Hon Ramdaye, Hon Seymour and Hon Ted also meet to mobilize the entire municipal council to pass the
no confidence motion against Mayor Mossi(P75). Ramdaye was also in talks with Basdeo who was is to
work with them(P80). The purpose of this unity is to form a coalition for their own selfish reasons and
also to avoid prosecution after being exposed on the Samaritan app. They meet in the Sky Room at the
Madingo golf club. Seymour and Ted are accused of supplying air; there is public outcry over companies
that bill the municipal council huge sums of money every month but do not render any services. These
companies are linked to Seymour and Ted(P24). In order to fight the impending prosecution, Seymour
suggests that through a reallocation of budget line items, they get money from the municipal fund. Ted
says the fund can be used to take care of the investigators, lawyers, prosecutors and judges(P32). They
end up disagreeing with Mossi who accuses them of notoriety over misallocation of funds: from regular
travels with enhanced allowances, sitting allowances of unnecessary committee meetings, to loans, and
mortgages(P34). Seymour and Mossi trade accusations over questionable deeds committed by either of
them. Seymour insists that Mossi approves the supplementary budget or be ejected out of office(P35).
This group is meeting to advance the no confidence motion. Ted is tasked with talking to councillors and
Aldermen to seek their support. Basdeo is interested in forming a coalition with the trio and all
members of the mixed ethnicity. His condition is that when Seymour becomes mayor, he should
immediately appoint him the deputy mayor(P80). The group is planning to have a massive rally on
Wednesday at the Atobold Stadium to rally the people against Mossi. Their alliance is a big failure since
Ted is on the phone all night but gets very little support from the councillors and aldermen (P76). Even
after canvassing, his overall assessment is that the situation is not very good. It is difficult to know
which direction the vote would go(P79). The rally does not take place and they also fail to stop the
Samaritan. They are arrested by Tajo, the head of Anti-Corruption investigations Bureau. They are all
handcuffed bundled out and escorted to the anti-corruption headquarters for questioning. Indeed,
uniting for selfish reasons is bound to end up in failure.

Mossi and Bembe come together with Jaden with a view to fight back against Ramdaye and company
who are trying to remove Mossi from office but this unity is fruitless in the end. Mossi desperately tries
to stop the move to eject him from office. He manages to send his goons from Red Eagle Network to
abort a meeting of the conspirators at the municipal headquarters and plans to use the same method to
stop a rally his enemies are planning(P101). When he leads the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau is
also involved, he posits that Justice Jaden holds the key out of the mess. He intends to use the grain
scandal to make the stiff-necked judge to cooperate(P102). Mossi informs Jaden that he needs him to
help him initiate cases against Ramdaye and his team quickly and secure convictions as soon as
possible, preferably in a day, in order to derail the plan to remove him from office(P103). Bembe adds
that the judiciary is core in dealing with The Samaritan and Mossi is willing to grease Jaden's
palm(P104). Jaden is unwilling to play ball but they force his hand by alluding to the rats and other
rodents scandal. They remind Jaden that he is also in the mess just like they, thanks to The Samaritan.
They remind him of how rats were reared in Prime Orchard Farm and released into corn and rice
fields(P105). The idea was to undermine the domestic production in order to increase demand for
imported grains because Prime Orchard Farm was one of the largest corn importers in Maracas (P107).
Mossi blackmails Jaden into an alliance with them by ordering Bembe to arrest the owners of Prime
Orchard Farm(P105). Jaden and his mistress Ivy own the company as shareholders. Mossi and Bembe
will only spare him on condition that he convicts Ramdaye and Basdeo for the involvement in the grain
scandal and he jails Ted and Seymour for supplying air to the municipal council(P112). All this is a
selfish attempt to stop his removal from office and possible conviction. They fail eventually since as
much as Jaden eventually agrees to work with them, their union bears no fruit since they fail to stop
activities of The Samaritan and are arrested by the anti-corruption boss Tajo. They are handcuffed and
manhandled by two uniformed officers accompanying Tajo(P138). Surely, uniting in pursuit of selfish
goals is clearly futile.

Justice Jaden sets up a meeting with Harvester for his own selfish reasons but he fails in the end. He is
in a mess and it concerns The Samaritan(P114). He insists that they must find a way of helping each
other since each of them is in hot soup(P115). Mossi has instructed the municipal council to file cases
against Ramdaye, Seymour, Ted and Basdeo in order to forestall the vote of no confidence(P115). Jaden
is in a dilemma because he is also entangled in the case(P116). He made a biased ruling and was paid
using shares of a company the municipal council is suing. Jaden proposes an alternative dispute
resolution. He says that Mayor Mossi, Basdeo and others come together to talk to one another since
none of them is clean. He suggests that they secure a truce in order to deal with The Samaritan as a
united force(P118-119). The leaders meet at the Chamber of the principal judge for a meeting convened
by Jaden purposely to save their skins from the Samaritan(P120). Each of them is exposed on The
Samaritan for engaging in a number of crimes. The leaders fail to agree on the real problems facing
them and most of them give selfish responses, for example: Mossi says the problem is his impending
removal from office, Seymour talks of Mossi’s refusal to give them municipal funds, Harvester blames
the Samaritan, Bembe talks about the school kids, Basdeo alludes to the skeletons in the closet while
Jaden says the problem is the risk of persecution(P121). The leaders come up with several suggestions in
pursuit of redemption for example double jeopardy, temporal halting of the use of The Samaritan
app(P123) and even offering Nicole a powerful position in the municipality(P125). Jaden is picked to
speak to Nicole on their behalf(P127). To their dismay, their plan is unsuccessful since Nicole declines to
take up the position of director general(P134-137). She says they don’t need new laws, positions, or
offices but a change of heart or spirit among the people and especially the leaders. She blames the
leaders for breaking the law and pursuing the selfish interests at the expense of their people(P137). A
commotion ensues when the anti-corruption chief walks in. Their ploy fails because they cannot not stop
The Samaritan despite their best efforts instead they are arrested and frog marched to the anti-
corruption headquarters for questioning. When people unite for the sole purpose of securing their
selfish needs they fail.

In conclusion, coming together for selfish reasons is pointless. The self-seeking leaders come together
for their own selfish reasons but they fail. Despite their endeavour, their chickens come home to roost.

THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

Change can be initiated through the effort of ordinary citizens. Closely referring to Nicole in
The Samaritan by John Lara, write an essay to support this statement.

Some people may come off as normal and not different or special in any way. However, through their
determined attempts such people are capable of bringing change. In John Lara’s The Samaritan, Nicole,
a simple teacher, ignites change in Maracas Municipality when she midwifes the idea of The Samaritan
app.

Ms Nicole inspires Alvita in Montano to invent the Samaritan app, an innovation that helps to institute
change in Maracas Municipality. She is the teacher in charge of innovation and a mentor to the two
students(P55). She midwifes the students’ idea and also guides them, in her role as a teacher and a
mentor(P56). Alvita and Montano are to be awarded a prize for creating the winning innovation at the
Secondary Schools’ National Innovation Competition(P1). The official launch is graced by the mayor
Mossi-oa-Tunya, other distinguished leaders, members of the school board, the principal and
teachers(P2). Nicole’s efforts in mentoring the students who invented The Samaritan app is invaluable
since the innovation can be useful in initiating change by protecting the environment. People can
provide details of the location and people involved in illegal activities that degrade the environment by
sharing photos and videos. Officials can then log in and see the reports(P11). The Samaritan can also
bring about change by ensuring proper use of public resources. People can share information about the
municipal procurement process that is what the municipal is procuring, how the tenders are awarded,
who wins the tenders et cetera. This can bring change since the information is pigeonholed with the
Crimes and Integrity Commission(P12). Ordinary people volunteer information that advances public
good(P13). Although the mayor declines to launch The Samaritan, it will still be launched by the
president when schools reopen(P16). The app was assessed by senior officials at the Ministry of
Education together with experienced software engineers and given a clean bill of health(P17). Although
it was the brainchild of the two school children guided by Ms. Nicole, the ethics and innovations teacher,
it has been taken over by the National Information and Communication Technology Corporation(P18).
Indeed, the efforts of ordinary citizens can bring about change.

As a result of Ms Nicole’s effort, the Samaritan app is used by the people to expose the rot in the
municipality and help in prosecution of the culprits and this sends the leaders into a panic. People can
share information on the conduct of municipal affairs(P23). It is also used in promoting public good by
exposing corruption and other vices and agitating for the prosecution of the culprits(P23). It has been
used to expose vices such as supply of air, drug trafficking, grabbing public land, inflation of cost of
municipal projects, use of proxies to secure tenders, undertaking shoddy public works, murder and gang
warfare. The information on the people and companies involved is very detailed(P25). The information
includes the culprit’s personal details for example the lifestyles of the individual municipal leaders,
where they live and the properties they own like houses, vehicles and businesses(P26). A lobby group,
comprising of lawyers, called The Samaritans is calling upon people to volunteer as witnesses and
helping the prosecution of those involved in corruption and abuse of office. They are also trying to
petition the local government minister, the prime minister and the chief justice to take action(P26-27).
Because of Ms Nicole’s tireless effort, people have an excellent platform to expose corrupt leaders,
leading to their prosecution and conviction. Surely, change can be instigated through the efforts of
ordinary people like Ms Nicole.

Ms Nicole’s effort help the reporters and editors in the mainstream media to gather enough information
on the municipal leaders setting in motion the wheels of change. The focus of the local newspapers is on
the municipal leaders and the stories are extremely damaging(P21-22). Mossi asks Harvester to buy all
newspapers from the vendors as early as possible for it was in their best interest. Newspapers like The
Caribbean Watch, The Seninel, The Insight and The Spotlight all talk about the municipal council as a
criminal enterprise, the leaders being stripped naked, the rot in the municipality and a call for
imprisonment of the leaders. Such headlines have been published every day for the last one month. Ted
wonders if such headlines are unusual, Jaden suggests that they should give the reporters more boxes of
chocolates while Bembe avers that they should threaten some of them. The Samaritan app is the source
of the information in the newspapers(P22). There is a damaging story about Harvester in the newspaper
about the misuse of public funds when Mossi instructed him to buy all newspapers using public funds.
The Sentinel highlights a vicious duel between Mossi and Seymour. The Caribbean Watch has damaging
information about Bembe. They claim his hotel and his home are built on public land, he is a member of
Ghettoboyz, a shadowy gang that robs people, he has converted the municipal police force into his own
personal outfit and he collects bribes from motorists(P40-41). All this information in the mainstream
media is sourced from the Samaritan app. It is through Ms Nicole’s effort that such rot is exposed.
Surely, ordinary people can be agents of change through their tireless endeavor.

Ms Nicole initiates change in Maracas Municipality through her lessons on morality, ethics and the
perils of disobedience at Sagrada Secondary School . She is the ethics and innovation teacher at the
school(P3). She always does what she thinks is rights(P18). Teachers like Ms Nicole try their best to
mold the characters of their learners. They teach them to uphold the moral and civic virtues without
which society can never prosper, be fair, just and peaceful. She teaches them virtues of honesty,
truthfulness, generosity, integrity and transparency. This can help bring change since it is the lack of
virtue that is ruining the society. Teachers also strive to develop virtuous creative thinkers and
innovators(P72). She also teaches the learners to be organized. She tells her learners that everything
has to be well-organized and neat since a disorganized mind cannot plan. She teaches her class about
the heart having two spirits - the good and the bad. The good spirit obeys while the bad spirit disobeys
and leads to destruction(P87-88). She cautions the students about the perils of disobedience. The fall of
Jerusalem and the temple were as a result of the people disobeying the Creator. This happened in the
Ancient Near East in 587 BC(P90). The acts of disobedience in society today include corruption, murder,
theft, lies and sexual perversion(P90). The evil spirit is prevalent in society today and Maracas
Municipality is undergoing destruction as a result of lack of drugs in hospitals because of theft, bribery
in the police force and travesty of justice in the law courts(P91). Ms Nicole asks the students to reject the
spirit of the beast and resist all those being controlled by this spirit since consequences of disobedience
are inescapable for both the society and the individual who disobeys(P91). Ms Nicole’s effort to guide the
learners to be morally upright is laudable. This will help change the behaviour of the citizens of
Maracas Municipality. Indeed, efforts of ordinary people can cause change in the society.

Nicole’s effort jolts the leaders into talking about change in the municipality. Ms Nicole is an ordinary
teacher but she wields massive influence because of her determined effort. Mossi visits her in school and
begs her to help him regarding The Samaritan. Bembe also tries to intimidate her by arresting her on
trumped up charges of stealing the school generator and disobeying authorities. People from all walks
of life including touts and hawkers show up to support Nicole when she is arrested. They were mobilized
through the Samaritan app. Nicole is a force to reckon with since people displayed the solidarity never
before witnessed in Maracas Municipality. Bembe is also summoned by his bosses for this folly. Bembe
and Mossi later visit Nicole and apologise. Nicole rejects Ted’s offer of a golden ring. The leaders now
claim that there is need for drastic change. Ms Nicole says that her role in the new order is that she
owes the municipality and the country is civic duty. She is ready to work with patriotic citizens to
enhance transparency and accountability(P133). Mossi claims that the municipality was going to
embrace change whereby public resources will never be stolen, justice will be served, police will stand
with the innocent and law makers will promote public interest(P133-134). Due to Nicole’s influence, she
is offered a new position as the director general in the municipal council where she will be a consultant
with oversight powers over all the departments in the municipality and will be answerable only to the
mayor(P135). Nicole says that they do not need new offices or positions. She says that the change they
desire is the change of heart and spirit among the people but mostly among the leaders(P135). That is
taking responsibility for the well-being of the municipality and abiding by the laws(P135-136). She
blames the leaders for being interested in personal gains, dipping their fingers into the public till and
breaching the law. When the leaders are arrested, Alvita echoes Nicole’s sentiments that you can never
escape from the consequences of your actions(P138). Surely, an ordinary person’s effort can initiate
change in society.

Lastly, Ms Nicole champions for change when she advises her students to ape the Samaritan in the Good
Book by standing up for a cause that can bring a better tomorrow for all of them(P52). When the
Samaritan saw the injured Jew, despite holding a different view on religion and the hostility that existed
between Jews and Samaritans, he treated the man with compassion, dressed his wounds and took him
to a safe place. This is unlike the priest and the Levite who did not stop to help the man. Ms Nicole
rightly posits that the leaders and public officials cannot come to the aid of the people. They are like the
priest and the Levite who ignored the injured Jew. They talk about pursuing public interest but they are
not committed. They are shepherds who have turned against the sheep. Ms Nicole points out that it is up
to all of them, ordinary citizens, without any claim to any office, to be one another’s keepers and to take
care of one another(P51). Ordinary citizens can be there for one another through the Samaritan app
which is an excellent platform(P51). It gives everyone an opportunity to speak out against wrongdoing,
share ideas that would make life better, do the right thing and take responsibility for the progress of the
municipality. She assures Alvita and Montano that the Samaritan will change the course of history and
urges them to strive to improve their lives and not chicken out at every obstacle or threat(P52). Surely,
through the efforts of ordinary people we can witness change.

In conclusion, ordinary people like Nicole can institute change. She inspires others like Alvita, Montano,
the reporters and editors, the hawkers and touts to agitate for change. Although she is a simple teacher,
she is a beacon of change in Maracas Municipality.
THE SAMARITAN ESSAYS QUESTIONS

Using public funds to enrich oneself cannot bring true happiness. Write an essay in support of
this statement, citing illustrations from John Lara's The Samaritan.

Some people use money meant to be invested in the public sector to make themselves wealthy or
wealthier. This does not give them the fulfilling or satisfying feeling that comes with true happiness.
They may have the riches but they lack the peace and harmony of body, mind and soul. In The Samaritan
by John Lara, leaders like Ted and Seymour use public funds to enrich themselves but this does not give
them true happiness.

Jaden uses public funds to enrich himself but this does not give him true happiness. Justice Ian Jaden is
the principal judge in Maracas Municipality. He has countless mistresses and relatives doing business
with the municipal council(P69). Together with his mistress Ivy, he is involved in the grain scandal. He
uses his position to compel Mossi to award Ivy a contract for killing rats and other rodents ravaging
rice and cornfields in the municipality(P106). His company, Prime Orchard Farm, was rearing rats
which were let loose into the farms. They would then kill and parade some but the whole idea was to
undermine domestic production in order to increase demand for imported grains. Prime Orchard Farm
is one of the largest corn importers in the municipality(P107). To Jaden, using his public office to amass
a fortune for himself seemed a normal thing since everybody else was doing it. Litigants gave him
money and he ruled kisses in their favour. It worked and he accumulated wealth. He looked forward to
retiring soon and enjoying the fruits of his labour. He is like the foolish rich man in the good book who
also prepared to retire and enjoy his wealth(P112). Instead of enjoying, he suffers. He holds his stomach
with both hands while bending down. He suffers from stomach ulcers and hallucinations. Mossi wants
him to jail Ramdaye and his team but this puts Jaden in a dilemma because he helped some friends by
making a biased ruling and they paid him by giving him shares in a company the municipal council is
suing. He claims the ethos operating in society influences his thinking and action as a judge(P116). He
does not enjoy true happiness even after amassing wealth. He has been tormented by the issue of the
rodents. He has been seeing rats and other rodents running all over the place and he has been catching
the awful smell of sewer rats which makes him want to throw up. His stomach aches. His ulcers have
since worsened(P117). Justice Jaden crouches under the boardroom table when accosted by Tajo, the
anti-corruption boss(P138). Together with others, he is handcuffed and bundled out by the police
officers(P139). Truly, true happiness cannot be found by stealing public wealth.

Bembe also uses public funds to make himself wealthy but this does not give him satisfaction or
fulfillment. People are wondering where he got the money to put up Madingo Golf Club. He is shocked
when he learns that people know it belongs to him having kept his private affairs discreet(P26). He says
that this is his worst nightmare. This exposé comes at a time when he had just finished putting up his
hotel and is as broke as a church mouse(P31). He informs Mossi and Harvester about the high
likelihood of his untimely death anytime soon(P38). He found out from The Samaritan that he is accused
of corruption, violation of human rights, drug peddling and extortion. This gives him the willies - a
strong feeling of nervous discomfort - and his blood sugar is not good. At one point he drifted into a
coma(P38). His hotel and home are also built on public land - Maracas University land. A lobby group is
moving to court to have it restored back to the university (P40). With a dreadful expression on his face,
Bembe says that that would be a very unfortunate joke(P40). He breathes heavily and trembles. He also
gets a little bit hard of hearing. He had put all his life savings into the hotel and home since he is retiring
in a few months time(P41). The hotel was built with bribes collected from motorists. The municipal
police force is his personal outfit for collecting bribes from the guilty and innocent alike. The officers do
not enforce law and order. They collect bribes for Bembe(P41). His foiled attempt to intimidate Nicole
puts him in more trouble. She is acquitted but he is summoned to the capital by his bosses to explain the
folly(P100). He tells Mossi that they are doomed. He prefers to die than be an inmate or a homeless
person. His stomach has been running since The Samaritan came to town. He cannot last a week in
prison since he is diabetic(P99). He has run out of ideas and wants to flee into the mountains, dig a hole
and live there(P100). He does not enjoy his ill-gotten wealth since he is eventually arrested by the anti
corruption police. He staggers and almost falls as he seeks cover but he is still handcuffed and bundled
out like a criminal. Indeed, stealing public wealth causes misery not true happiness.

Seymour, the secretary in charge of planning and development, uses public funds to enrich himself but
this does not give him true happiness. Mossi calls him a senseless thief. He was elected just the other
day as a poor and jigger-infested hoodlum. Now he is living like a king in grandiose villas and mansions,
eating delicacies in classy hotels and driving state-of-the-art vehicles. He cannot justify his current
financial status. Mossi wonders who doesn’t know that he has stolen the money(P35). Seymour is
accused of supplying air to the municipal council. Their companies bill the municipal council huge sums
of money every month without rendering any services(P24). To cover up, he suggests they get money
from the municipal fund through reallocation of budget line items(P33). They could use the problem of
the waste disposal system which is in a terrible state to justify the reallocation but use the money to
fight against the prosecution(P33). In the past, he has misused public funds through regular travel with
enhanced allowances, sitting allowances for unnecessary committee meetings, loans and
mortgages(P34). In his department of planning and development, one has to part with dollars to get
building approval. The inspectorate unit under him is also riddled with corruption(P66). Seymour does
not get true happiness from his illicitly acquired wealth. His eldest child is always at rehab, the other
one is inebriated permanently at the casino and the wife is total garbage and a perpetual drunk(P70).
He is also arrested by the anti-corruption police. He is handcuffed and bundled out of the room. Surely,
ill-gotten wealth can never be a source of true happiness.

Ted King acquires wealth illegally by stealing public funds but this does not bring him true happiness.
Mossi calls him a senseless thief. Ted is the secretary, Department of Health and environment. He was
elected just the other day as a poor and jigger-infested hoodlum. Now he lives in grandiose villas and
mansions like a king, indulging in delicacies in classy hotels and drives state-of-the-art vehicles. He
cannot justify his financial status. He stole public money(P35). He is accused alongside Seymour of
supplying air to the municipal council. Their companies bill the municipal council huge sums of money
without rendering any service(P24). He supports Seymour’s suggestion of using municipal funds to take
care of investigators, lawyers, prosecutors and judges(P33). He is infamous for forcing Mossi to misuse
public funds for regular travel with enhanced allowances , sitting allowances for unnecessary
committee meetings, loans and mortgages(P34). Despite having stolen a lot of public funds, he cannot
raise a meaningful amount to fight the cases that may be brought up against them(P31). Ted is accused
of “eating” a whole hospital. He ensured his companies and those of his friends won the tenders for bids
for construction of health centres. He stole all the money budgeted for health centres and put up site
offices that looked like cowsheds(P64). Ted is now sickly despite accumulating wealth illegally(P65).
When he offers Nicole a golden ring, she declines and says that she doesn't wear them. This is awkward
and embarrassing (P132). Ted is later arrested by the anti-corruption police. Indeed, stealing public
funds to make one wealthy does not make one truly happy.

Lastly, Mossi also enriches himself using proceeds of corruption but this does not make him truly happy.
Seymour tells Mossi that he will never get away with the crimes committed under his watch. He says
that Mossi knows how much he has stolen(P34). When he learns that people can use the app to share
information about the municipal procurement process, he scratches his head thoughtfully, sips some
water and turns uncertainly towards the school principal and then Harvester. Mossi refuses to launch
the app(P21) and convenes a meeting of key leaders to fight the app instead because the information
posted casts the leaders in bad light(P23). Mossi admits that all the leaders have some skeletons in their
closet(P29). In the past, he has conceded to endless demands of misallocation of public funds ranging
from regular travel with enhanced allowances, sitting allowances for unnecessary committee meetings,
loans and mortgages(P34). He temporarily loses consciousness when he learns that his deputy, Seymour
and Ted are working to bundle him out of office. He fears they will send him to prison. He sees Baneta
Express Prison any time he closes his eyes. He can even smell the revolting stench in the cells though he
has never been there(P33). Mossi is accused of many crimes including municipal capture, which is the
worst form of corruption and abuse of office in which once private interests determine the direction of
public policy. Mossi is forced to own up his mistakes and seek understanding and help from Ms Nicole,
a simple school teacher(P60). He even offers her and the students a bribe in his desperation(P61). Mossi
admits that he steals public wealth when he says that a loaf of bread for the people comes through him
and he takes three slices for himself because he is part of the people(P69). He is also accused of inflating
costs of municipal projects and presiding over shoddy municipal works(P61). He is forced to apologize
to Nicole for treading on her toes(P132). He is also humiliated when she turns down the offer of the
prestigious position of director general in the municipal council(P135). When confronted by the police
officers arresting them, he tries to hide behind Nicole(P138). Clearly, stealing public funds to make one
wealthy does not bring true happiness or satisfaction.

In conclusion, those who steal public funds do not find joy or fulfillment, instead they constantly worry
about how they can protect their ill-gotten wealth.

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Wafula Wekati is a teacher, writer and speaker. He attended Bungoma D.E.B primary school, Friends School
Kamusinga and Pwani University where he honed his skills in English/Literature. He believes that learning is
a continuous process so everyday we live and we learn. He speaks to teachers and students on English and English
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