CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF GERTRUDE KUMALO

PRIVATE LIFE:

It is known that she was a prostitute so in her private life that is what she does. She could not be happy about what she is doing but she needed money and that was the easiest way to go about for her to earn her living. She could regret and be ashamed for what she had done but she needed to provide food for her son. For she could not find her husband.

PUBLIC LIFE:

She was not very honored in the public eye and people knew her for her job. They thought that she was cheap. They didn’t have much respect for her and due to her actions she lost her dignity. It can be said that she has ruined her reputation.

PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS:

People perceive Gertrude to be a woman who has lost her morals and her dignity. This could be easily explained due to social dislocation. However, people could also see her as the poor woman from the rural areas, who came into the city and got caught up in all the sin in it. There could be some pity felt for her.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF ARTHUR JARVIS

PRIVATE LIFE:

He disagreed with his father on the issue regarding the blacks. He believed that all people were equal. He even started a black boys club. He was a good family man and he still had respect for his parents. It must be said that he was a very fair and just man.

PUBLIC LIFE:

People knew him for the righteous man that he was and had a lot of respect for him. However, not all people did, some people thought him to be foolish to do the things that he did for the blacks. His own father was one of them. His Unfortunately, it was only after his death that his father began to understand. A pity for that.

PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS:

People could be divided in terms of their perceptions for him. The one side would be the more liberal, democratic side of people that looked up to him and thought that what he was doing was very honorable and noble. The second part of people would be the strict Apartheid people who thought that he was being foolish in believing that blacks were equal and blacks had their place in society. It’s a great sorrow that he was killed by blacks.