Cry Freedom
“Cry Freedom”:
Chapter 1:
Summary:
Donald Woods is an editor of the Daily Dispatch, a journal in East London, South Africa. One morning he gets news of a police raid in the black township Crossroads which lies in Cape Town. He also gets photos of the raid and he decides to print them although the government doesn´t allow to print such photos. Woods doesn´t believe the demand of the black people but he is trained as a lawyer and doesn´t like police brutality against black people.
So he also writes an editorial about a Biko, the leadership of „The BC“. The next day Dr. Mamphela who works for Biko in his clinic, comes to Woods office to speak to him, about this article. She is very angry, because she thinks, that Woods has printed rubbish about Biko and that he is uninformed about the ideas that Biko has. So she invents him to meet Biko in his banning area. Character | Quote | Conflict | Donald Woods * Brave * Rich * Strongly disagree of police using brutality against black * 42 years old * Editor of the Daily Dispatch * Lives in South Africa, East London | “Well, Dr Ramphele, I’ve written against white prejudice, and if you think I’m going to ignore black prejudice, then you’re complaining to the wrong man!” | White policemen were treating the black people badly and Woods disagree of the way they dealt with black people, even though he agrees with the law of separating the black and the white. |
Chapter 2:
Summary:
After having an address from Dr. Ramphele, Mr. Woods drove his white Mercedes from East London to the North and reached the black township, a few kilometers from the center of King William’s Town, where Biko lived.
When he arrived that address, he saw an old church with small trees around it and bits of broken fence and he also noticed that there were 2 security policemen under a tree near there. He waved to them.
After that, he rang the rusty bell and immediately the door opened by a young black woman. She greeted him with a warm smile and
Chapter 1:
Summary:
Donald Woods is an editor of the Daily Dispatch, a journal in East London, South Africa. One morning he gets news of a police raid in the black township Crossroads which lies in Cape Town. He also gets photos of the raid and he decides to print them although the government doesn´t allow to print such photos. Woods doesn´t believe the demand of the black people but he is trained as a lawyer and doesn´t like police brutality against black people.
So he also writes an editorial about a Biko, the leadership of „The BC“. The next day Dr. Mamphela who works for Biko in his clinic, comes to Woods office to speak to him, about this article. She is very angry, because she thinks, that Woods has printed rubbish about Biko and that he is uninformed about the ideas that Biko has. So she invents him to meet Biko in his banning area. Character | Quote | Conflict | Donald Woods * Brave * Rich * Strongly disagree of police using brutality against black * 42 years old * Editor of the Daily Dispatch * Lives in South Africa, East London | “Well, Dr Ramphele, I’ve written against white prejudice, and if you think I’m going to ignore black prejudice, then you’re complaining to the wrong man!” | White policemen were treating the black people badly and Woods disagree of the way they dealt with black people, even though he agrees with the law of separating the black and the white. |
Chapter 2:
Summary:
After having an address from Dr. Ramphele, Mr. Woods drove his white Mercedes from East London to the North and reached the black township, a few kilometers from the center of King William’s Town, where Biko lived.
When he arrived that address, he saw an old church with small trees around it and bits of broken fence and he also noticed that there were 2 security policemen under a tree near there. He waved to them.
After that, he rang the rusty bell and immediately the door opened by a young black woman. She greeted him with a warm smile and