The ulimate

safari
WRITEN BY: NADINE GORDIMER
About the Author
NADINE GORDIMER (Nov. 20 ,1923 – July 13
,2014)

 Wrote ten novels and nine short

stories.
 A South African author.
 Political activist and recipient of 1991
nobel prize in literature.
 Married twice.
 Started writing at the age of nine.
South Africa

Oneof the Most

XENOPHOBIC country.
ELEMENT OF
THE STORY
l. SETTING

Mozambique
The Kruger park
During dusk
The ambiance is saddening and
frightening
 ll. CHARACTERS

MAJOR CHARACTERS SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

 The little girl (Protagonist)-
The narrator of the story
who has an extreme naïve • The little girl’s mother
idea of what the future • The little girl’s father
hold. • The little girl’s elder brother
 The grandmother,Gogo • The little girl’s baby brother
(Protagonist)-The one who
became the point of • The grandfather
strength for the children • The man who led to people all
and gave them all the throughout the journey
help they needed to their
journey.
 The Bandits (Antagonist)-
the group of people who
treathen the life of many.
lll. PLOT
EXPOSITION

It was a night in a middle of

chaos when the children’s
mother left but never come
back. Because of the idea that
the bandits might kill them
anytime they managed to stay
home and hide
lll. PLOT
RISING ACTION

The bandits came to their village

several times and took
everything away but the last time
they came back,there was
nothing left to take so they
burned the thatch and the roofs
lll. PLOT
CLIMAX

 The grandmother stoically made

the decission to give up the
search and move on with the
group.
lll. PLOT
FALLING ACTION

They reached the refugee camp

where they are well taken care of
they have a small place for
themselves.
lll.PLOT
DENOUEMENT

The grandmother dauntlessly

strived to secure the futures of her
grandchildren.
lll. PLOT
CONCLUSIO
N
 In the end the grandmother
bitter feelings surfaced when a
journalist asked her if she would
ever go back to mozambique
her answer is a categorical “no”.
IV. CONFLICT

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Nature
V. POINT OF VIEW

First person
VI. THEME

Apartheid,sacrifice,cour
age,and hope.
 VIII. SYMBOLISMS

 The ultimate safari – it means the “extreme journey”.

 The little girl – symbolizes hope and childish optimism.
 The grandmother – symbolizes courage and sacrifice.
 Thegrandfather – symbolizes weakness and frailty and
sacrifice.
 White people – symbolizes racial descrimination.
 Answer directly

1. South Africa is one of the most ( ? ) countries in the world

tend to look at every immigrant from across boarders as
someone “who takes our job”.
2. Point of view of the story.
3. What is the theme of the story?
4. What is the meaning of the ultimate safari?
5. What is the conflict of the story?
6. The group of people who treathen the lives of many.
7. Describe the narrator.
Answer directly

8. Describe the grandmother.

9. (a)what do you think gordimers purpose was in
writing
this story? (b)do you think she was
successful?why or why not?
10. What do you think is the lesson of the story?