Questions on PT 2

2.1.1. bullshit, fraudulent, fake

2.1.2. The author includes this narrative to see how outsider of the district are treated and
to bring a part of Mary’s past into the story.

2.1.3. The phoney don’t have a place in District Six. Although the people within the district
have had different pasts and may have been phoney, or bogus in the past they are being
themselves, in the district they are allowed to leave their past behind them and be who they
really are. We see through this chapter that the people of District Six don’t really like
phoney people an try as hard as they can to get them to leave, these people interfere with
the equilibrium of the district and bother its people. The people of the district live joyful
lives and everyone, although they each have something to hide, is themselves.

2.2. Their relationship is symbolic that of the fact that looks don’t define everything. It
symbolises that relationship between looks and how people interact and perceive you due
to your looks.

2.3.1. Zoot feels proud, confident, and thankful after giving speech. He is proud of himself
for giving this speech since this is unlike his character, he is thankful for the people in the
district and how they have shaped how his life.

2.3.2. I felt hopeful while listening to Zoot’s speech, hopeful for the future of the district,
hopeful for the people of the district. Zoot’s speech makes you believe that is a bit of hope
left for the district, that they would never be separated and that they would do whatever
they could to stay together through Apartheid.

2.3.3. This line crates the image that District Six is excluded and that its people don’t believe
in the apartheid laws and beliefs. The author does this by showing how different race
groups interact with each other, he shows how the people of District Six feel about
Apartheid as well as show the reader how the people of District Six refuse to leave.

2.3.4. Only white people could go to certain schools and live in certain areas during
Apartheid. People of certain race groups were allowed to do certain jobs.
2.4. Pastor Bruintjie’s chapter reinforces the themes of family and community. The whole
stret coming together to celebrate is birthday is a prime example of the type of community
Buckingham palace is, this is also an example of family as this is Mary’s father. As readers we
may believe in the stereotype that people like Pastor Bruintjies, who have children that are
in the same line of work as Mary , don’t want to associate themselves with their children
and are ashamed of them.

2.5. 1. This incident show us as the reader and people of District Six that as much as they
would like to believe it’s a place of pure bliss and happiness, in the sense that everyone
there is happy in some way, and nothing bad ever happens there, the people of District Six
believe that is a place that is away from evil. This incident highlights that this may not be
that case and that although the people from the district wouldn’t hurt each other people
from outside the district may come in and hurt the people of the district.

2.5.2. I believe including this incident is very important for us as the reader to et a full image
of 1960 was like, it shows us how women were treated then and how that still hasn’t
changed much. It also shows how strong some communities were back then to compared to
communities now.