This study guide provides a comprehensive analysis of the novel, The River and the Source. KCSE Students will find this guide particularly more comprehensive than any other in the market. It is the authors' belief that a good guide should not be a mere skeleton, but a book that can assist even that student without the benefit of a good teacher and other resource materials. This guide is intended for the students in forms three and four as well as the teachers.Chapter summaries will enable the student follow the plot with ease.Themes and stylistic devices have been provided. It is my hope that the guide will prove a valuable companion to you as you prepare for your KCSE examination. Read the book and interrogate the points raised here. I also advise you not to rely solely on my interpretation. Consult other sources as well and discuss with your colleagues so as to enrich your own interpretation of the novel since there is no 'one right way' in Literature