... perspective and observations of the protagonist, "Amnesty," written by Nadine Gordimer, shows the crippling effects of a city movement upon the relationship of a poor couple. As a housewife, the narrator dedicates her time towards her family and husband, who she fell in love with for his affection. However, as her husband spends more time in the city, he quickly becomes attached and invested in the ... years of her life, her mother raised her alone. Their child, Inkululeko, only knows him from the pictures and stories her mother tells her. However, once his daughter finally meets and se...

• Word Count: 536
• Approx Pages: 2

Happily Ever After Written in caustic response to an annoying academic, Nadine Gordimer supplies penetrating social commentary on South African apartheid in her short story, "Once Upon a Time." The author creates an underlying uneasiness and obvious irony while following the traditional style reminiscent of bedtime stories, with modern South African reality filling in for magical kingdoms. Rather ... to be severely injured. Gordimer uses the boy as a metaphor for the next generation of white South Africans who have been shielded from the vicious reality of apartheid. She implies their lives wi...

• Word Count: 1030
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School