The story cowers over a period of a few hours. .
The story takes place in November 1952/53; we can say that because that is when Richard Rive wrote the story. Also we can say that because apartheid was very intense at that time. The apartheid system was put out of order in the beginning of the 90's.
In November it is autumn and autumn can symbolise depression and a gloomy mood. But the sun is shining, and that can be a symbol of hope (maybe Karlie's victory in the end of the story).
The story takes place at the Grand Parade in Johannesburg, South Africa. The story also takes place at a railway station. .
The reason, that the story takes place at a railway station, can be because there is allot of stress and busyness at places like that. If the bench had been in a park, then maybe the people would not react so strongly about Karlie sitting on the bench, because usually we connect a park with happiness, peace and love and in a park people are maybe not as stressed as they are at a railway station.
The story takes place in the South African apartheid environment. This is important to know because it explains the thoughts, feelings and actions of the main character in this story. Karlie is not well of because he is black, and society is white oriented.
Character.
Karlie: He is a nice, polite, black man who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He is interested in black/white politics and thinks allot about life and how all people, black and white, should have the same rights. Karlie wonders why people are so prejudiced, and why everyone just can't live in peace. Karlie has not got any prejudice himself.
Karlie challenges the apartheid system because of the injustice between blacks and whites. He gets the courage to his because of what the speakers at the rally are saying. Because of this we see that Karlie is very brave and has got a pretty strong personality. Karlie's challenge is probably something that several other black people have wanted to do but they have not dared to challenge the norms of society.
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Pine Bench The morning sky was still hazy with a low fog that left little droplets on everything around us. I could see a glimmer of sunlight struggling to burn through the mist. Contrasting the wild flowers scattered around where we parked and the darkness of the trail that disappeared up the m...
Each of these people who sat on that old wooden park bench throughout the day, captured something different about the surroundings within the bench. ... Along came a young woman jogging up to the wooden park bench. She quickly placed her left foot onto the bench, which was still wet from the morning dew. ... The two soon got up from the bench and continued on with their walk in the park. ... As she sat hunched over on the bench, she could hear the cars speeding by in the background. ...
A single pulley attached to a block of wood was clamped to the edge of a bench top. 2. ... The remaining end of the string that was fed through the pulley was tied to 300N, then hung off the side of the bench top slightly and not touching the ground, as high up and close to the bench top as possible. 4. ... The bench was measured and ticker timer tape was cut into a strip to match the length of the bench. 6. ... A single pulley attached to a block of wood were clamped to the edge of a bench top. 2. ... The bench was measured and ticker timer tape was cut into a strip to match the length of ...
When comparing my free weight 1RM bench press strength to other males and females with in my age group, I was in the 60%ile. My 1RM bench press was 155 lbs, and my one rep max was 215.3 pounds. ... My Bench Press Strength to weight ratio was 1.48. ... Furthermore, the women who showed excellent bench press strength to body weight were 0.78. ... I have concluded that I was average to men and women in the two-arm curl, and above average in the bench press test. ...
It didn't matter because I had some fun in the bench. ... Some of the players that were in the bench weren't even paying attention to the game. ... I told the players that were in the bench, in the second half of the game. ... All the players that were in the bench were cheering on the players that were on the field. ... Everybody in the bench was standing up and getting very worried that they were going to score on us. ...
