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2.Explainhowacivilianistransformedintoaofficer.[6marks]

Thereareseveralexamplesinthetextwhichcanbedrawnontoanswerthisquestion,butstronger

answerswillincorporateconceptsandknowledgefromsocialandculturalanthropologythatare

relevanttotheanalysisandinterpretationofthepassage.

Itcanbedrawnfromthetextthattheprocessofbecomingmenisanalysedintermsofarite

ofpassage;theauthorexplicitlycomparesthiseducationalcontextwithritualsofinitiations.

Termssuchasliminalityanditssymbolismarepresentinthetextandcandidatesmaydiscussthis

educationalprocessasariteofpassagewhereonestatusisleftbehindandanotheridentity/status

takenon.Thetextshowshowthisprocessinvolvesnewrolesassociatedtothenewstatuses.

Candidatesmaywritetheiranswersincorporatinganthropologicaldiscussionsaboutthesocialand

culturalprocessesinvolvedintheconstructionofidentity.Thesemaybeinthecontextof

referencestosocializationprocessesthatrelatetobecomingaofficer.Candidatesmay

choosedifferentwaysoffocusingtheiranswers,someintermsofsymbols,rituals,identity,

andothersintermsofpower,structureandthebody,orcombiningbothlines.

Itisclearfromthetextthatbecomingamemberofthegroupdependsonwelldelineatedritualsand

othersocialpracticesandinteractions.Theauthoralsoshowshowthemembershipofonegroup

meanclusionfrommembershipofan