Country lovers By Nadine Gordimer. In the short story Country lovers be Nadine Gordimer, the story represents the life in South Africa under the apartheid which made black people very oppressed

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Country Lovers

In the short story “Country lovers” be Nadine Gordimer, the story represents the life in South Africa under the apartheid which made black people very oppressed and made it very difficult to live their life freely. The laws touched a lot of aspects in their social life in the way that black people were not allowed to marry white people, the circumstances were unfair and inhuman and only few people dared to believe and fight for their freedom.

Children of slaves and slave owners would play together until they go to school “once white children go to school, they soon don’t play”, white children weren’t allowed to play with whites; this shows that the black children were treated in Fanatical way and were not respected. Also White children were offered better chances for better education, while black children “get some sort of schooling, drop every year further behind” life was terrifying and difficult for black children. They didn’t have the same rights as white children “Surpassed with the vocabulary of boarding school” while black children had “childish vocabulary” comparison shows that the black children didn’t get any chances and encouragement for education like white children , this demonstrates how the prejudice and racism destroys the lives and the innocent between the social classes.

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The story depicts a contemporary love story across the racial barrier, between a slave and her master’s son, a love grew between them but their relationship wasn’t socially accepted at this time, Paulus and Thebedi had to hide their relationship from their family and friends “Plastic sheets spread over the bed “ they don’t want anyone to know about paulus presence as they slept in his sister room, she had a true feelings towards Paulus “she told the girls in the kraal that she had another sweetheart ... teased and admired her” emphasize that the fact that even though she ...

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