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The Lemon Orchard - Coggle Diagram
The Lemon Orchard
Context
- Author: South African 1925-1985. Most work is about race conflicts and the importance of caring for others.
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- Takes place during white supremacy regime: racial segregation, systematic oppression and discrimination.
- Date: 1948 until early 1990’s
Themes
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Violence and power
The white men feel confident they can get away with “teach(ing) him (the black man]) a lesson” by beating him, and even considering his assassination.
It is clearly shown how white people enjoy exploiting their privilege and are able to become violent in other to feel power over non-white people.
Structure
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3rd person narrator:
Show an unbiased perspective of the situation and characters, obligates the reader to create its own opinion.
Personification
“the moon was hidden behind long, high parallels of cloud”
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The moon is personified as scared or unbothered by the scene. Symbolises how people would avoid paying attention to racial inequalities.
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