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A
great part of South Africa's white population, represented by
teachers and parents in the short story, obviously has no doubt
about the legitimacy of the system of Apartheid based upon the
common view towards black Africans as a sort of subspecies to
the human kind.
Caroline's
Mum is exemplary of this consensus of opinion, she strongly backs
Apartheid and is in great fear having
to face with the seemingly unpredictable actions of the natives.
Lily's
parents, on the contrary, are deeply convinced of the unjustness of
Apartheid and combat it abreast with Black Africans, although they are
forced by
Apartheid's circumstances to work in secrecy and with great caution.
The
notion of their commitment to the equality movement is encountered
with suspicion on the part of other white Africans; Lily's father is
even temporarily arrested due to his involvement.
Whereas
Caroline has fully absorbed her parents' mindset.
Lily's
confusion reflects the different reactions to Apartheid, which most people seem to
take for granted and entirely natural to accept, though
her parents obviously do not separate themselves from the natives
but even work with them in opposition to Apartheid.
© Janna
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