LITERATURE - WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER NOTE: This lesson focuses on the historical background to the story and a synopsis of all the chapters. Summary of chapters gives the story line i.e. main issues in each chapter. Do not disregard the book and depend on this summary‚ they could be some omissions. Furthermore you are expected to interrogate the text and draw your own personal conclusions about what the writer has presented. Lastly apply the different literary techniques or look at how Bessie Head
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How does Bessie Head use symbolism in her novel When rain clouds gather and what effect does it have on the way we read and respond to the story? In the novel When rain clouds gather‚ Bessie Head uses symbolism to express the transition from the harsh life of tribalism‚ to the development of modern day co-operatives and the effect it has on the community. One of the main symbolic images in the text is the recurring theme of When rain clouds gather. This incomplete and open statement refers
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When Rain Clouds Gather (African Writers) by Bessie Head Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments: The poverty-stricken village of Golema Mmidi‚ in the heart of rural Botswana‚ offers a haven to the exiles gathered there. Makhaya‚ a political refugee from South Africa‚ becomes involved with an English agricultural expert and the villagers as they struggle to upgrade their traditional farming methods with modern techniques. The pressures of tradition‚ the opposition of the local chief‚ and‚ above all
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WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER THEMES * TRIBALISM * APARTHEID * RACISM * DESCRIMINATION * PROGRESSION – DEVELOPMENT * BLACK/BLACK – WHITE/BLACK – MALE/FEMALE * SOCIAL INJUSTICE When rain clouds gather written by Bessie Head is set in Botswana. The protagonist‚ Makhaya Maseko is escaping from South Africa as he does not want to be part of the apartheid system‚ he just wants peace and equality. The aims of the author are to show the horrible living conditions due to the same
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Africa - makhayas frame of mind and source of some of his inner struggles - black people had no rights to vote. People were poorly educated and often imprisoned and beaten - bessie head explains that not all white man in south Africa are evil a good example of her conveying it is when dinorego states “I take gilbert as my own son which fact surprises me since he is a white man and we Botswana do not know any white people” -“to gilbert‚ it was the first real hand clap he
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At times the book was definitely information overload. Another reviewer‚ Henshaw also mirrored some of my sentiments‚ that at times there were too many “actors and events” which may have led to some of the message being lost (Henshaw‚ 2007). Also‚ when I researched the reviews on Goodread‚ one of the reviewer mentions that it read very much like a “textbook” (Dagenzi‚
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Chief Matenge as an example of corrupt leadership in Bessie Head’s "When Rain Clouds Gather" Character Sketch - Chief Matenge Chief Matenge is first revered to in the novel as Pamount Chief Sokoto’s "troubIesome and unpopular younger brother". p.18) We has "an overwhelming avariciousness and unpleasant personality". p. 18) He is "intensely disliked by the villagers". (p. 18) Chief Sekoto ’wanted his brother [Matenge] destroyed for all the family feuds and intrigues he had instigated." p
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is the antagonist and villain of the novel “When Rain Clouds Gather”. When we are first introduced to Chief Matenje‚ he is referred to as the “troublesome and unpopular brother” of the “paramount chief named Sekoto” (Head 2008:18). Chief Sekoto appointed Chief Matenje as the subchief of Golema Mmidi‚ a small‚ rural village in Botswana. He is extremely disliked by the villagers because of his “overwhelming avariciousness and unpleasant personality” (Head 2008: 18). Chief Matenje’s unattractive
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brotherhood of Liu Bei and Cao Cao and his generals. Although they both fight for what they believe is right‚ the way they implement their way of thinking and strategies onto the people around them are very much different‚ like the colors‚ black and white. When looking at all the factors‚ the main idea is to see which group had loyal followers. In times of loyalties being tested‚ do the followers stay true
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(When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head) Fiction and Drama Character sketch- Chief Matenje • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • He was an “evil‚ greedy man”. He despised the people of “his” village- Golema Mmidi He lost a lot of his power and authority “because of Gilberts ideas”. The Villagers had “less fear” for him‚ because they worked together. He always caused inconvenience He’s brother was getting tired of him He wanted to “get rid..” of Makhaya and Gilbert and wanted them to go back
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