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Noah critiques the oppression of black people created during apartheid through Bantu schools.

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Noah ridicules the absurdity of racism during apartheid.

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1. Direct, factual tone at the beginning of the passage:

list facts "English, European literature, medicine, the law"

assertive phrase "It's no coincidence that..."

refer to known figures "Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko"

2. Critical tone in the middle:

strong language "cripple", "primitive", "forced into crowded classrooms in dilapidated schools", "for generations"

repetition in triplets: "no science, no history, no civics", "how to pave roads, chop wood, till the soil"

oversimplification and irony: "they were simply being honest"

rhetorical questions "Why educate a slave?"

3. Darkly comical tone at the end:

hypothetical direct speech "If the monkey can walk like a man... Why give the book to a monkey?"

monkey analogy

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Noah makes fun of the cultural differences between black and white people in South Africa.

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strong language from the beginning of the passage: "baked in", "never made any sense"

short sentence for emphasis: "Racism is not logical."

humorous tone "I don't mean they were running around acting black"

hypothetical and ironic direct speech with a callous tone: "Eh, we'll just call 'em black. It's simpler that way."

juxtaposition between the treatment of Chinese and Japanese people in two different paragraphs

hypothetical comical dialogue at the end: "I didn't mean to be racist..."

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1. Paragraph 1: context

"black family... black neighborhood... black country": repetition

"only witches have cats, and all cats are witches": parallelism + circular reasoning

2. Paragraph 2: present the situation

"did what any sensible black person would do": verbal irony, light-hearted tone to set up the shock

"kicked it and stomped it and beat it to death": repetition in a triplet, strong language, contrast with the previous statement

3. Paragraph 3 & 4: explain the situation

"...lost their shit. Oh my word, it was insane": colloquialism (casual language)

"What was ironic ... that's what sent them over the edge": direct satire, situation irony

"Obviously that cat was a witch": exaggeration

"How else...?": rhetorical question, exaggeration

"In South Africa, black people have dogs": justaposition, situation irony, anticlimactic end

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HOW do these features create the meanning? WHY does the author use these specific features? (Purposes, effects?)

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HOW do these features create the meanning? WHY does the author use these specific features? (Purposes, effects?)

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HOW do these features create the meanning? WHY does the author use these specific features? (Purposes, effects?)

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HOW do these features create the meanning? WHY does the author use these specific features? (Purposes, effects?)

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HOW do these features create the meanning? WHY does the author use these specific features? (Purposes, effects?)