Roth: Kaffir Boy Part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 "I learned..." | Repetition used to illustrate a point |
| Johannes dreams of a faraway land | foreshadowing |
| symbolism | hunger = hunger to learn |
| symbolism | dead baby = desperation |
| theme | neighborhood |
| theme | home |
| theme | beliefs |
| religion of Johannes's father | Venda |
| religion of Johannes's mom | Tsonga |
| years of apartheid | 1948-1991 |
| year Mark was born | 1960 |
| setting of Kaffir Boy | Alexandra |
| theme | social classes |
| theme | beliefs |
| theme | individualism |
| theme | religion |
| list Johannes, his siblings and all their ages in 1967 | Johannes, 7; Flora, 5; George, 3; Maria, 1 |
| theme | sports |
| Who are the Evangelists? | White people trying to control black South African beliefs. |
| List four foods that Johannes must eat because they have no food. | Locusts, sonjas (worms), murogo (weeds by outhouses), boiled blood |
| define what this quote means | "I was a fool of my own free will." |
| theme | self-sacrifice |
| Monday | blue Monday hangover, or babalazi |
| Tuesday | butchers come to sell meat |
| Wednesday | Chinaman comes to collect bets |
| Thursday | Kitchen girls and garden boys dressed in their Sunday best visit their families |
| Friday | Payday, but robbers come and try to steal from them. |
| Weekend | People feast, drink heavily, and try to prepare themselves for another long, hard week at work |
| Rituals in Johannes's home | no speaking while eating, follow tribal rituals |
| definition of Kaffir | infidel, one of low inferior birth, Arabic for "bastard" |
| moral | right/wrong based on society's values |
| ethical | right/wrong based on society's values |
| legal | right/wrong based on judicial lHaws |
| How did the movies change Johannes? | Johannes thought movies showed how the white world really ran. |
| "illnesses" Flora and George suffer from | malnutrition, small pox |
| amount of time Johannes's father spent in jail on his first arrest | two months |
| amount of time Johanne's father spent in jail on his second arrest | seven months |
| Alexandra is a black township part of which white city? | Johannesburg |
| theme | prejudice |
| irony | black Peri-Urban beat their own people |
| apartheid | legalized racism |
| life on the reservation | little food, no jobs, tribal traditions |
| name of Johannes's third sister | Merriam |
| "White people are the authors of apartheid" | Johannes realizes this about white people when he discovers the picture of the white house |
| location of their "new" home | Thirteenth Avenue |
| why did they have lavatory rules? | a little girl fell in the lavatory and could have drowned |
| don't trust strangers | moral associated with not accepting food from strangers |
| definition of a sage | person known for wisdom; storyteller |
| who are the men they call "vermin"? | mine workers |
| "My life was my own to do with as I pleased" | Johannes's father tells him he has "no free will," but he realizes what? |
| Granny | single-handedly raised all her children when her husband deserted her for another woman |
| where Granny works and what she does | works as a gardener for white people |
| where Uncle Piet has to work | potato farm |
| needed for Johannes to enroll in schools | birth certificate |
| person responsible for getting Johannes's birth certificate | white woman |
| "You see, child, not all white people are bad; remember that." | what Johannes's mother tells him after obtaining his birth certificate |
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