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Discussion starters:
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In what ways do you read the reference of the
title?
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What does the hospital represent?
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How do you interpret Juriaan's response when
he takes Deltje home, when the narrator says "he came to feel that his
God was no longer withdrawn"?
- What is the significance of the "pale
moonlight" and "quiet village" of the final scene?
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Critical Sources:
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Cosser,
Michael. "Undercurrent Dialogue: Free Indirect Discourse in
Pauline Smith's 'The Pain'". English in Africa, 19:2 (1992 Oct):
85-100.
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Haresnape,
Geoffrey. "Barriers of Race and Language: Pauline Smith's Critique of a
Rural Society." English in Africa, 4.1 (1977): 40-46.
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