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 * __Literary Elements

Chapter 4

carrie seymour__**- "...The door shut after him, and Kumalo settled himself in a big chair, and accepted a cigarette though it was not his custom to smoke..." This statement tells me that Kumalo is accepting Mr. Msimangu's hospitality although he normally would not execute the habit of smoking.
 * __ Brian Graves __**** : **** I agree with Carrie, this sentence shows that after his hectic travel through the city to Msimangu’s house, the hospitality that he is given is welcomed as he finally feels safe from the confusing city. **
 * __carrie seymour__**- "...Black and white, it says, black and white, though it is red and green. It is too much to understand..."

This sentence explains to me that the buildings in Johannesburg are segregated and separated between the colored and the not.


 * __ Brian Graves __** ** : **** This sentence combined with “He is silent, his head aches, he is afraid…”, at the beginning of the next paragraph, I feel this demonstrates how everything is overwhelmingly different to Kumalo. The sign is made from red and green lights and says black and white, this shows how even the simple things do not make any sense to him. **
 * __Chapter 5__**

This paragraph shows that life in Johannesburg very high tech, updated, and modern. It clearly shows the lack of technology in Ndotsheni.
 * __carrie seymour__**- "They washed their hands in a modern place, with a white basin, and water cold and hot, and towels worn but very white, and a modern lavatory too. When you were finished, you pressed a little rod, and the water rushed in as though something was broken. It would have frightened you if had not heard of such things before."

He looked at Kumalo. It would be truer to say, he said, that she has many husbands." __ This shows that Stephen Kumalo's sister was not a faithful woman. She, in fact, was a prostitute.
 * __ Brian Graves __**** : **** I again agree with Carrie, however Kumalo’s ability to use the toilet and sink with running water shows how he is quickly adapting to his new surroundings. **
 * __carrie seymour__**- __ "...I do not know if she ever found her husband, but she has no husband now.


 * __carrie seymour__**- "...Our letters, his mother's and mine, all came back to us."

The letters didn't literally come back. They were sent back by the post office with a huge red stamp saying "return to sender". __ __
 * <span style="COLOR: #c70a41; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e3f236">Brian Graves ** __ **:** <span style="COLOR: #f467d3; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #62d30d">** <span style="COLOR: #f6e80e; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #2c1dc9">The sentences “…and there he met many priests, both black and white, and they sat down after grace and ate together…” when Msimangu said, “You cannot stop the world from going on… It is not in my heart to hate a white man. It was a white man who brought my father out of darkness…” and “There are some white men who give their lives to build up what is broken…” shows how there are people, both black and white, who want to break the ties of racial segregation and that all people can benefit from learning from each other. **
 * <span style="COLOR: #e7135f; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #62d30d">Brian Graves ** __ **:**<span style="COLOR: #e42559; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #97fa1e"> <span style="COLOR: #e42559; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #97fa1e">“It is fear that rules this land…” shows how even though people want racial harmony people are afraid to go against the normal thoughts and make the effort to make a united Africa.
 * __Ra Shauna Johnson-__** <span style="COLOR: #a808f7; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #12a2a5">There is a scene in chapter 5 where Kumolo and some others were a bout to eat dinner and it was symbolic to Jesus eating at the last supper.
 * __Chapter 6__**

**__Brian Graves__:** <span style="COLOR: #472ff4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f3f21b">“I am not a man for segregation, but it is a pity that we are not apart… but we are often thrown off the trams by young hooligans. And our hooligans are ready for trouble too…” <span style="COLOR: #a21560; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #60f0a6">This shows the frustration of Msimangu with the people who stir up trouble and add to the stereotype that all black Africans cause trouble. He wishes that these “hooligans” could be separated from the law abiding citizens and be held accountable for their actions, not everybody.
 * __carrie seymour__-** <span style="COLOR: #eb73ed; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0f35eb">"i had no money to write."

<span style="COLOR: #f155d9; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #241bb6">Kumalo's sister is a liquor seller. Prior knowledge tells us that liquor sellers are on of the richest in Johannesburg. This quote tells us that she needs help. She spends all of her money feeding herself. However, the only thing she chooses to feed is her own addiction. __**carrie seymour**__- <span style="COLOR: #ec3cac; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #5f3ff3">"She is revealing herself to him."

<span style="COLOR: #e94e4e; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #1aa260">She spends all of this time trying to act like she had things under control. However, Stephen Kumalo can see through her fronts. It is time for her to be honest. <span style="COLOR: #923de1; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d46c11">This simile shows that she is terrified of showing weakness and revealing her true anxiety to her brother. She is scared of his verbal abuse; she knows she is not well. She was waiting for more insults - all of them striking her with truth. __**carrie seymour**__-<span style="COLOR: #1b66ee; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #9fcf3f"> "...I do not like Johannesburg, she says. I am sick here. The child is sick also." <span style="COLOR: #73df11; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0b18ad">By sick she means that she is not living. Sick - her addiction to drugs. Sick - selling her body for any man to use. Sick - not taking care of her child and providing for it. Sick - of living the way she is, - poor, addicted, unhealthy, unreliable, unable -sick. **Literary Elements 3**
 * __carrie seymour__-** <span style="COLOR: #8cd317; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #51fbed">"She looks at him sullenly, like an animal that is tormented."