Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Literature In English Question 10

Read the following passage from the novel *Shadows of the Market*: "The market was a living tapestry, each stall a thread of colour and sound. When I was a child, I watched my mother bargain with the fishmonger, her voice a soft chant that rose above the clamor. Now, as an adult, I return not as a buyer but as a narrator, stitching together memories that flicker like lanterns in the night. The story jumps back to that summer when the mangoes fell from the sky, a moment I recall not in chronological order but as a sudden flash that interrupts the present. The author employs a non‑linear narrative, weaving flashbacks with present‑time observations, and uses free‑indirect discourse to blur the line between the narrator’s thoughts and the third‑person description." (a) Identify two narrative techniques used in the passage. (b) Evaluate the effect of each technique on the reader’s understanding of the narrator’s relationship with the market and with his past.