Nadine Gordimer's The Moment Before the Gun Went Off: A Review
Test 3
12-20-13
Option B “The moment before the gun went off”:
In reading this story it is very tragic even and misunderstanding that leads to the death of a young boy who was black. During this time period the laws between blacks and whites not being able to interact and visit same places had just been banished. But the problems and racism between the two races still was a very big problem. In this story a young black boy who worked for a white farmer was riding around in the back of the truck and during riding around hitting a pothole the gun in the truck went off and hit the worker. The farmer is very upset, and sad about what had happened. He feels very bad and tore up about his death. He knows that with all the problems still between blacks and whites he is going to face many problems. The farmer feels obligated to pay for the young boy’s funeral to make sure he gets a proper burying. The family of the boy seems to feel that it wasn’t an accident and are very unwelcoming or wanting to interact with him.
I think this story is trying to show that even though the time period has a lot of issues still going on between whites and blacks, that this farmer does care for his worker and actually feels bad compared to some white people who wouldn’t have felt very bad or just though oh it’s an accident oh well. They do go to say that the farmer feels that he is going to face troubles from blacks due to they feel it wasn’t an accident and only look at him as being guilty and murder. I think that the farmer feels extremely bad about the whole situation and tries to make up or help in any way by giving the young boy a proper funeral and burial. At the funeral the farmer is given the cold shoulder from the boy’s family because of the tensions between the races. I think that they wanted to show that not all stereotypes are real and that some of the farmers who had slave workers did care about them and not just look at them as a slave to do their work.
I did like
12-20-13
Option B “The moment before the gun went off”:
In reading this story it is very tragic even and misunderstanding that leads to the death of a young boy who was black. During this time period the laws between blacks and whites not being able to interact and visit same places had just been banished. But the problems and racism between the two races still was a very big problem. In this story a young black boy who worked for a white farmer was riding around in the back of the truck and during riding around hitting a pothole the gun in the truck went off and hit the worker. The farmer is very upset, and sad about what had happened. He feels very bad and tore up about his death. He knows that with all the problems still between blacks and whites he is going to face many problems. The farmer feels obligated to pay for the young boy’s funeral to make sure he gets a proper burying. The family of the boy seems to feel that it wasn’t an accident and are very unwelcoming or wanting to interact with him.
I think this story is trying to show that even though the time period has a lot of issues still going on between whites and blacks, that this farmer does care for his worker and actually feels bad compared to some white people who wouldn’t have felt very bad or just though oh it’s an accident oh well. They do go to say that the farmer feels that he is going to face troubles from blacks due to they feel it wasn’t an accident and only look at him as being guilty and murder. I think that the farmer feels extremely bad about the whole situation and tries to make up or help in any way by giving the young boy a proper funeral and burial. At the funeral the farmer is given the cold shoulder from the boy’s family because of the tensions between the races. I think that they wanted to show that not all stereotypes are real and that some of the farmers who had slave workers did care about them and not just look at them as a slave to do their work.
I did like