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"I see only one hope for our country, and that is when white men and black men . . . desiring only the good of their country, come together to work for it. . . . "

Chapter 7 In this chapter Kumalo meets his brother. The brother that grew up with him in a village, where he was nobody and had to obey chief’s orders. Now he is one of the three most powerful black men in Jo hannesburg. His brother prefers talking to speak English with him instead of their native tong. Kumalo is very hurt because John says truth and he speaks English with him. After the meeting Msimangu told Kumalo to be more careful because his courage may get him in trouble since power can corrupt even the most dedicated politician

In this Chapter Kumalo and Msimangu have to walk 11 miles to Alexandria. Though in this country blacks are not treated as humans but more as a tool for labor a white driver stops and offers them a ride. Later they find out that their rout was way off his. I believe that Kumalo realises that color does not represnt the soul of the person. It is persons suroundings that make him or her that particular induvidual. At this point of life we can chose our environment. We have to link with people who we want to be like. We should not find easy ways of getting friends with who its just easier to talk to and not many things are required. We are the ones who create out destiny.
 * Chapter Eight.**

Chapter Nine This chapter gave a great life lesson for me. I learned that nothing in this life should be beged for. If something is wanted dont wait and relie on other people. Do everything u can first, then complain. Dubula didnt wait like others for his house. He got tired of waiting for something that is not going to come. And he didnt give up, he went and built him self a house, maybe not the best one but a house. This example showed some hope to others.

The life lessons held for me in this story in some ways goes in a couple directions. Kumalo finds out that Absalom has involved himself with a young girl in Pimville and is now the soon to be father of a child. Msimangu thinks Kumalo should leave the situation alone as he has seen this happen so many times before, he has become numb to it. This part wherein Msimangu becomes harsh is representative of how someone can gradually become insensative to something they see a lot of, however wrong it is, and begin to think they can't make any difference. I think this is somewhat representative of the media. The news portraits everything they can to try to get a reaction out of the viewer and or reader and a lot of the time the uplifting stories are left behind. With this happening people become satiated with the world and begin to act like it doesn't matter, that they can't do anything. On Kumalo's side of the story it's very hard leave someone related to you directly behind. The child would be his grandchild and that would be difficult to just abandon along with his son in which he doesn't know where he is.**
 * Chapter Ten:

(Vanya) Kumalo learns that life even in his family is not perfect. His son, son of priest, has been to jale. Kumalo also finds out that he has been stealing from people. When Kumalo tries to protect his daughter in law on the ground that she caries his grandson, Msimangu replies that probably this is not the only child. I have learned to face life the way it is. It is important to ignor but learn from it.

Chapter 11: ** I think the life lesson that goes back for me is that, no matter how hard, even in the toughest situations prayer is key to getting through the trials of life. If you hold your faith near your heart then prayer will guide you through whatever life has to through at you. This is why prayer is key to accomplishing whatever it is you wish to do. As in Kumalo's case he wishes that he knew where his son was and that he was alright. If in prayer he would lay down these thoughts then he could rid his mind of his troubles and put them in the hands of God.
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 * This chapter comes in with some upsetting news. The news paper annoucned the murder of Arthur Jarvis, a man who was an engineer, an advocate for South Africans and amazingly caucasian. Kumalo remembers Arthur as a boy and fears Absalom has soemthing to with the murder. As hard as Msimangu tries to assure he that the odds of Absalom having something to do with the murder are slim, Kumalo is devestated and can't even pray.

(Vanya) Now Kumalo is so worried about his family, especialy his son, that when he learns about the murder he emidiatly suspects his son. Msimangu tries to tell him that there is no connection. When people are depresed and life is not the way it is, garbege goes through their head. When some one is in a dead end, they should look at things with a clear head. Conclusions should be made only after the facts are available.** Chapter 12 (Vanya) Chapter 12 (Vanya) Before and even now people believe minority is less intelligent and is good only for crime or back braking labor. In this chapter some people were arguing that blacks should be just sent to farms. Some say that by providing schooling they will become smart criminals. From so much history behind I can conclude that minority is no way inferior to others. How many great discoveries and philosophers we had. If every one is treated equal then all problems will disappear....  ** Chapter 12(Brandon )**
 * Coinciding with the concept behind Vanya’s life lesson, I think that minority are more misunderstood and stereotyped than anything. If one person of a certain race does something in a negative manor it seems to affect the entire race especially if the person is an active figure in the admiration of teenagers. Minority often chose to go against the flow and become and influential figure in history. Contradictory to what Vanya said, I believe if everyone was created equally we would have several problems. First of all the situation could never really occur, there would always be someone behind the scenes playing us all like puppets. Second of all if you have any idea of what communism is then you would know that being completely ‘equal’ is not a good initiative.**

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