Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Is There Nowhere Else Where We Can Meet ?

The story begins with a clever prophetic metaphor, turnround of elements where the white sky is starkened by smoke. This speaks of the role reversal that is close to take place between the races of the male child and the girl. It warns us that there is firing to be meeting and it wont be a particularly pleasant one. The form of address itself incurs thoughts of a romantic meeting, similar to the title of a Hollywood film. This gives the indorser a clue that there is a sexual theme in this story.II)an initiation story1) Little red riding hood journey/ inappropriate nature / sexual threat / big bad wolf particular(a) attention should be drawn to smells, they play vital role inthis story. e.g. the bullnecked smell of old sweat burned at her nostrils, a repellant rag,a dusty green scent, he was clean, unhuman, the smell of him choked her.2) A reversion process turning into an idiot (absence of speech)3) Balance and imbalanceViolence is contained by fear.III) (south-african w hite) girl meets (black) boy a tale of racial, spacial, sexual, social segregation 1) Irrational instinctive reaction on the girls part2) Sense of place/displacement3) Fear of the UnknownThe story gets complicated with all(prenominal) minute, the heroine sees some red eyes, she does not knowwhether they belong to a dog or to a person. These red eyes evoke fear andsome interest, her hurt starts whipstitch faster and faster. The author on purpose did not give some(prenominal) names because she wanted to generalize thatsituation and foreground some oppositions white and black ( racialcontext ), educated uneducated, civilization veld.

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