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- Miriam is in abusive relationship with Sabelo, in which she is kicked, and punched and beaten.
- Miriam has been so traumatized by the beating that she starts having feelings again of wanting to killing herself.
- Miriam finds out that her father has cancer. it has strated in his prostate and spread to his rest of his body.
- In order to try and slow it they had to remove his "manhood".
- No matter what she has been going through such as being forced to abandon finals she is still determined to matriculate
4 Questions
- what are enemas?
- why does mama laugh when papa tells her and them how he was approached by men with machetes and spears?
- Why arent they overjoyed that their familydidnt lose a inportant figure in their life?
- has papa losted his courage to standup to the Inkatha because he doesnt go to the clnic anymore?
3 Vocabulary Words
- Galling (Pg. 294)-Causing extreme irritation or chagrin
- Fomenting (Pg. 294)- To promote the growth of
- Disembowled (Pg. 281)- to cut or slash open the abdomen of, as by bayoneting, so as to expose or remove the viscera.
2 Literacy Techniques
- Simile (Pg. 291) " dispite my head feeling like lead".
- Metaphor (Pg. 281) " he's stone dead"
1 Sentence Summary
- When Miriam starts to get back on track with school, war breaks out in Alexandra between ANC supporters and Inkatha supporters.
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