Life+less.

Chapter I
===From this chapter we learn that nature coincides with itself. The wild fields still have green grass and occasional fires are not a threat to them. Places where people have settled are completly modified. Humans change their habitat everywhere they go. The same happened here, the land was the color of blood all around the village, it feels alien compared to moistorized grass fields.===


 * Anything out of the ordinary is going to feel strange, imagine if trees were made of gold then gold wouldn't be as valuable anymore. People get accustomed to certain things and realize when something is new and tend to become jaded with the old expecting newer things to keep them entertained.**

Chapter II
===Many times we get confused about our needs and wants. Here in the United States most people want money. It is hard for us to understand that there are people in the world that are simply hungry. In this chapter a little girl brings the letter to Kumalo. He realizes that the best award for her is simply food. We HAVE to realize that there are people who keep their minds occupied in search of food. Humans are strange... When we have something it is never enough for us. We always want more. We have to learn how to be satisfied with what we got and realize that it is more then others can even imagine of.===
 * Sometimes we forget that we are privileged to have a family, a house, and a safe place to go five days a week, aka school. There are some children in the world who fight to live everyday. Children given automatic rifles at the age of six told to fight for something they can’t understand. Unappreciative is what a lot of today’s youth is, sometimes it pays to take a look around and be glad for all the things you have.**

Chapter III [[image:steam-train-south-africa.jpg align="left" caption="A road to unknown"]]
===The first life lesson i've learned was that any human is capable of tremendous actions. Stephen Kumalo lived all his life in a small village and was remout from the rest of the world. He could not refuse some stranger asking for help. He didn't even know that person but he is ready to go to the unknown world where he will have to encounter new, dangerous experiences and he is ready to sacrifice all his life savings that were meant for his lost son Absolom and the stove. Any human being is able to commit great deeds if they truly believe in that.===

**Embarking on an unknown adventure is couragous and inspiring. To remove all fear you hold within yourself because a stranger asked you to is amazing. The life lesson held here is... I think is that you need to be able to help anyone, no matter who they are or what they are asking of you.

The life lesson goes back to the story of the Samaritan in the bible. If someone you never knew before asked you for help, you should help them out of the kindness of your heart. This life lesson is becoming more and more difficult to uphold in this day and age. People in the present are not all trustworthy, a man that asks you to help him on the street and may end up stabbing you in the back.

Although the fact that people today are less trustworthy if the lesson holds true it should be able to persavear through whatever the situation is.

Chapter IV**

===For people like Kumalo it is hard to understand that the world is evil. When he came to a large town, he was cheated. A young man spotted his weakness. Stephen was not educated about modern world. He thought that when somebody offered help they really did mean that. This young man offered to buy a ticket for him and took money from him. Later Kumalo found out that tickets are bought on the bus, not at the office. He was lucky that he got aquatinted with noble people like he is and received true help.===


 * To be able to stick to your values or morals in a unknown or frightening situation is what being a virtuous person is.

Chapter V

During this chapter Kumalo finds out horrifying news His sister Gertrude that came to Johannesburg** **with her child to find her husband has found __many__ husbands. In modern world many young adults find easy ways to support their lives. They have to be careful about those choises so then later in their life they will not be regretting. For a person with a clean soul like Kumalo it is very hard to realise that such things are possible, especialy in his family.

Chapter VI It is almost impossible to control anger. Kumalo found his sister, prostitue. Blood relative of a priest... He is a very self centered man but even he did not have enough of patience to keep his anger inside. When he let it out, Gertrude confesed. The best way to settle somebody down is just to tell them that you realise that your mistake and you want to change. From this chapter we also discover that even his sister voluntaraly got into this dirty life she is willing to escape it.

Life less. A-4 p.2**