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Maru Characters and their relationships - Coggle Diagram
Maru Characters and their relationships
Maru
The main character of the book
He is sly, manipulative and clever
He is progressive
He falls in love with Margaret
He does not want the chieftainship, as it would mean making people suffer under his power.
Moleka
Falls in love with Margaret
Is Maru's best friend turned enemy"
Has a relationship with Dikeledi"
He is a womanizer
He has 8 children from different mothers
He grows as a person throughout the book, becoming a better person.
Dikeledi
Maru's sister
She is very educated and rich
She is Margaret's best friend
She is in love with Moleka and they get married.
She is kind, strong-willed and a good person.
Morafi
Maru's brother; set to inherit the chieftainship if Maru doesn't take it.
He has Seth and Pete who work for him so that he can intimidate the people living in the town.
Margaret Cadmore Jr
She was raised by Margaret Cadmore Sr.
She is Masarwa, and doesn't understand why it should be shameful
She becomes Dikeledi's best friend
She falls in love with Moleka, but soon realises she won't be able to form a relationship with him.
She has been sheltered and is progressive.
Margaret Cadmore Senior
Margaret's mother figure.
She was cold towards Margaret and tried to use Margaret to prove that racism could be removed if a person of colour was educated.
She was a missionary
She left to England, but only after making sure Margaret was well educated and had money to settle in Dilepe.
She adopted Margaret after Margaret's mother was found dead on the side of the road. Margaret's biological mother died of childbirth. No one helped her because she was from the Masarwa tribe (San people)
Pete
The school principal
Racist
Cares about living in "High society"
Is threatened by Margaret's presence in his school due to the social climate making it that people from the Masarwa tribe being the lowest class (even kept as slaves)
Seth
The education supervisor
Racist
Works for Morafi, and has tried to befriend him
Cares about living in "high society" and very status conscious.