https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4 Group 3 en-us 2018-11-11 09:34:49 UTC 2018-11-13 05:29:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303570644 La Guma uses irony to explore the themes of power, intelligence and ignorance.]]> 2018-11-13 05:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303570644 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303571047  A cowardly attitude is highlighted in the leader's character, which is ironic because stereotypical, the leader is meant to be the bravest.
"Although he walked in the rear he was the leader of the party."]]> 2018-11-13 05:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303571047 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303571216 The purpose of the setting and effect of the setting of the story is you can understand the atmosphere at that time. The purpose of the story is that at the year 1962, people used racial words like "hotnot" or "kaffir" a slang term for colored man or black man. These slang were used in Afrikaans. And a lot of racism was happening in South Africa. Apartheid was happening in South Africa. ]]> 2018-11-13 05:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303571216 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572011 The theme is mostly about racism, discrimination, hierarchy and injustice.]]> 2018-11-13 05:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572011 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572093 The irony is also showcase in the leader's character, as the leader is indirectly trying to convey to the black man what his worthiness is compared to the dog in the story.
"I would like to have a dog like that. I would take great such care of the dog."]]> 2018-11-13 05:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572093 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572128 Yes, as The coloured man who is described by his captor’s as being a ‘hotnot’ (coloured person) is being led through the lemon orchard by a group of white men. The word “ hot not “ gives a proper effect of the black persons getting discriminated by a group of white people .]]> 2018-11-13 05:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572128 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572549 Moral and Social Settings These were the mentioned settings. The moral settings is the colored people were discriminated against and were treated very badly by those who had colonized South Africa. Social Settings]]> 2018-11-13 05:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303572549 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303573029 La Guma creates contrast in the story. He does this by describing clouds which hang like “dirty cotton wool in the sky”. Since clouds are usually pure white, a color that symbolizes innocence and beauty, the fact that these clouds are dirty suggests that the beauty of nature has been spoil.]]> 2018-11-13 05:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303573029 https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303573390  He also describes the “sharp, bitter-sweet citrus smell” of the lemons lingering “gently on the night air”. The contrasting words create a sense of uneasiness and tension. The description of the physical setting also reinforces the idea that something foreboding is going to happen. The dogs stop barking and the crickets become silent. Through these contradictions and physical setting, he implies that racism should be attacked.]]> 2018-11-13 05:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinegaydon/ut7k25icedw4/wish/303573390