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World Literature- South Africa Group Presentation Soweto Green

World Literature- South Africa Group Presentation Soweto Green. Group members: Grace Joe Sharon Stella. Outline. Introduce “Soweto Green” Background information Plot Characters Humor Three main problems Culture Marriage Construction Conclusion

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World Literature- South Africa Group Presentation Soweto Green

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  1. World Literature- South Africa Group PresentationSoweto Green Group members: Grace Joe Sharon Stella

  2. Outline • Introduce “Soweto Green” • Background information • Plot • Characters • Humor • Three main problems • Culture • Marriage • Construction • Conclusion • Works Cited

  3. Sharon Introduction

  4. Nelson Mandela • Born on July 18, 1918 • Join in the African National Congress in 1944 • Arrested in 1962, released on Feb. 11, 1990 • 1993 won the Nobel prize • 1994 won the presidency.

  5. Background Information • Director: David Lister • Year of Publication: 1995

  6. Social background • The regime of Nelson Mandela • Post-apartheid

  7. Plot summary • Professor Curtis Tshabalala and his wife, Cora, went back to Soweto. • Adrian Fluit went to South African with his black girl friend, Thandeka. • Adrian introduced Tshabalala to his family.

  8. Dr. Curtis Tashabalala Cora Vossie Fluit Main Characters Amada Fluit Looksmart Thandeka Adrian Fluit Amelia

  9. The use of humor • Name-play

  10. Stella Problem 1 Culture

  11. Tourist attraction • (04:44~05:58) • South Africa as a destination • Nelson Mandela • Looksmart gains money from tourists

  12. Robbery scene • (08:24~08:34) • Cora: “we are black! You can’t rob us.” • (08:40~ 09:20) • Gun fights scene • Gun control issue.

  13. Culture shock • (11:57~ 12:32) • Cora’s reaction • (15:30~15:37) • Cora fainted • (15:40~ 15:49): comparison • Fluits drink wine • (16:37~ 17:40) • Cora’s disgust

  14. Media • (18:01~19:21) • Cora: “What was that on TV? A movie?” • People’s ideas toward South Africa are from mass media.

  15. Dinner time • (31:23~31:56) • Cake: South Africa’s flag • (34:21~34:56) • Assumption of unable to speak English • Stereotype?

  16. Dinner time • (36:42~37:45) • Wordplay: “Shit!” • Most important ingredient • “Cow shit, chicken shit, bird shit, baby poopoo.” • Soweto: brown green

  17. Dinner time • (38:43~39:30) • Vossie Fluit: First feel uncomfortable meeting black friends of Adrian Fluit. Then, after knowing Dr. Tashabalala’s acquaintance with vice president. He becomes friendly. • Wordplay: “Have some wine! Help yourself with my wife!”

  18. Grace Problem 2 Marriage

  19. Marriage • Adrian and Thandeka • Graduated in America • Back to get married

  20. Problem • Racal issue • Black and white • Pressure from Adrian’s family • Adrian dare not to tell his family • Thandeka is angry about Adrian

  21. Adrian’s Pressure • Adrian’s mother • Amelia • Adrian’s father

  22. Solution • Finally, Adrian tells his father their marriage • Vossie reluctantly accept their marriage • “A rainbow family”

  23. Assumption • Adrian’s mother won’t accept Thandeka so easily if she didn’t misunderstand Adrian as gay at first place.

  24. Joe Problem 3 Construction

  25. What Dr. Tshabalala Seeks • Dr.Tshabalala --- The tree man • 1. Reconstruct Soweto: • Black township  Soweto Green • 2. Equal, reasonable share of the land, share • of power

  26. What Dr. Tshabalala seeks • 3. Prosperous local development • 4. Take Vossie’s job offer to handle sensitive issue, take affirmative action, environment and deal with the government. • 5. Willing to take the responsibility of the falling down houses in Soweto • 6. Reconstruct his nation, South Africa

  27. What The Ffakkorp (Vossie) Seeks • Vossie Fluit • 1. Economic profit • Construct the land to make profit • 2. Holding the vested interest and power

  28. What The Ffakkorp (Vossie) Seeks • 3. Hire Dr.Tshabalala for company’s image contradict Dr. Tshabalala’s idea • 4. Think that Dr. Tshabalala’s action will make the company go bankrupt.

  29. The ultimate cause • Apartheid Caused: • The falling down houses • The Ffakkorp company itself • The old government • The current Soweto

  30. Conclusion • Ideal solutions vs. reality • Find a balance • Robbery and gun issue • White and black • Culture differences • Ref. Poor Whites - South Africa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFj0HdW2iDs&feature=fvw

  31. Works Cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Africa

  32. Thanks for Your Listening

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