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Discussion starters:
- Describe Marta's relationship with Sukey (the
narrator).
- What imagery best characterizes Jan
Redlinghuis?
- What is the importance of the final line:
"Do now as seems right to you," I said to my father.
"Who am I that I should judge you?"
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Critical Sources:
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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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Smith,
Pauline. "Background to Platkops." The Unknown Pauline
Smith. Ed. Ernest Pereira. Pietermaritzburg: U of Natal P,
1993. 158-65.
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