In Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Weep Not, Child, the character Ngotho loses his sense of dignity primarily because

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he is flogged in public by Jacobo after the workers' strike. Ngotho's public flogging by Jacobo following the failed workers' strike is the pivotal moment that destroys his dignity and authority as a father and man. This humiliation shatters the respect his family and community had for him. While land dispossession is a central theme, it is the flogging that

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A) he is imprisoned for participating in the Mau Mau uprising

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B) his son Boro publicly humiliates him after returning from the war

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C) he is flogged in public by Jacobo after the workers' strike

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D) he is evicted from the land he has farmed for many years

In Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Weep Not, Child, the character Ngotho loses his sense of dignity primarily because

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