The Bridegroom
The Bridegroom, by Nadine Gordimer, is a south African story about a man. The title of this story leads the reader to believe it will be about a wedding, but it is not at all like that. The story mentions a wedding in the beginning but soon transitions to his son's cooking skills. Later it changes settings again to talk about being in a camp of some type. A few people play music with kaffir leaves and soon others join in. This was an interesting story and a bit of a challange to read because there were so many transitions with no explanations as to why.
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I don't think you quite understood the story. Maybe it's because you're not South African. The setting is clearly a road camp of which the white Afrikaans man is the supervisor. If you look at the date you will see that this was written during the Apartheid era and therefore deduce that it is not 'kaffir' leaves they are playing instruments with but rather the negatively connotative words used in that era to refer to black people. I will also further explain the story to you. He is to get married but his thoughts and not the writer's, wanders off into that of the people residing at the camp with him, but separate due to the historical background. He thinks about the changes which he will have to make to welcome his wife into this type of community, as she is not accustomed to his lifestyle. Also, he does NOT have a son. The 'boy' being referred to is merely someone who works for him and is in a way belittled by being referred to like this, once again introducing the overarching theme of segregation and white superiority.
hello do you have the full stories of these stories?
You totally missed it. The story is about a young white man working for Road Department and stays at a Road Camp.He intends to marry a seventeen year-old girl but is advised by her parents to wait until she comes of age.
I feel if you are to write a review on a book or any literature work , you familiarise yourself with the time and setting of the authors work.You really missed out on a good read hey.
This is really nice. thank u♥️
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