Country Lovers” and “What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl”
Racial And Ethical Dilemma in “Country Lovers” and “What it’s like to be a Black Girl”
In the short story about the “Country Lovers” and the Poem “What it’s like to be a Black Girl”, the actions of a racial background and ethical dilemmas are both represented and distinguished by the representation of a black female. Which is the main dynamic character seeded in both literary works. Both of these female static characters deal with to some suppressed amount of discrimination from society, because due to their race or as we could say the color of their skin; it is all about the dilemma of being a black female.
Racial and ethical dilemma is a feeling that we may sometimes witness or experience in today’s society whether it is at work, during a game, on television or in the general public. It has existed throughout the human race and can still be experienced visually, sometimes we may or are most like to hear it, and sometimes it can actually be experienced firsthand. It is a very sensitive diverse subject that is difficult to discuss because the outcomes are normally filled with anger and depression, just like in the short story “Country Lovers “. This short story “Country Lovers” was written by Nadine Gordimer in 1975” (Clugston, 2010). This short story is about a being young and interracial; it is the blue eyes verses brown eyes dilemma. The forbidden love between a young black farm girl named Thebedi and a young white boy, the son of the farm owner named Paulus Eysendyck. This story took place on a South African farm. The story deals with the consequences of a forbidden love between a young black girl and a young white boy in South Africa. It is clear from the beginning of this short story that the theme is centered on inter-racial dilemma relationships.
The main characters Thebedi and Paulus were raised together on the same farm since they were children. Thebedi a black girl whose racial ethnicity was that of black descendant and Paulus of white. These two
In the short story about the “Country Lovers” and the Poem “What it’s like to be a Black Girl”, the actions of a racial background and ethical dilemmas are both represented and distinguished by the representation of a black female. Which is the main dynamic character seeded in both literary works. Both of these female static characters deal with to some suppressed amount of discrimination from society, because due to their race or as we could say the color of their skin; it is all about the dilemma of being a black female.
Racial and ethical dilemma is a feeling that we may sometimes witness or experience in today’s society whether it is at work, during a game, on television or in the general public. It has existed throughout the human race and can still be experienced visually, sometimes we may or are most like to hear it, and sometimes it can actually be experienced firsthand. It is a very sensitive diverse subject that is difficult to discuss because the outcomes are normally filled with anger and depression, just like in the short story “Country Lovers “. This short story “Country Lovers” was written by Nadine Gordimer in 1975” (Clugston, 2010). This short story is about a being young and interracial; it is the blue eyes verses brown eyes dilemma. The forbidden love between a young black farm girl named Thebedi and a young white boy, the son of the farm owner named Paulus Eysendyck. This story took place on a South African farm. The story deals with the consequences of a forbidden love between a young black girl and a young white boy in South Africa. It is clear from the beginning of this short story that the theme is centered on inter-racial dilemma relationships.
The main characters Thebedi and Paulus were raised together on the same farm since they were children. Thebedi a black girl whose racial ethnicity was that of black descendant and Paulus of white. These two