A life in writing: André Brink | Books | The Guardian - 1 views
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There's so much constantly to react to in the world in which we live, and in a country like South Africa, that can become a full-time occupation'
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Patriotic South Africans like to say that the biggest diagnosticians of their country's failings tend to have something in common: not living in South Africa.
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Patriotic South Africans like to say that the biggest diagnosticians of their country's failings tend to have something in common: not living in South Africa.
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People that don't live in South Africa tend to criticize the country without knowing from experience what they are talking about. -
People who don't live in South Africa are telling the residents what works and not in their country. This is an important topic sentence because it starts the debate if someone who does not live in the context is allowed to discuss what goes on. -
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OUr table says that one person's involvement and an organization can make a difference than a thousand people who complain.
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Rondebosch
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It looks like a nice coastal town, like carmel, with lots of golf courses !
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"When I was in prison, you changed the way I saw the world."
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Since Brink was a writer sill living in country, his word carried more weight with Mandela. -
Mandela knew his work/thoughts in prison and changed the way that Mandela saw the world
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Brink has "almost a veneration" for Mandela himself, whom he wishes had stayed on for a second term in office.
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Based on this article (and beyond the highlighted comment to the left) what impression do you have of Brink's mindset about Mandela? What can you cite from the text to support your claims?
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Born in 1935, Brink grew up in a succession of "small dun-coloured villages" in South Africa's interior,
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How does his childhood home town compare to where he lives now? How are the two towns similar or different? How do you know?
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Afrikaans,
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Afrikaner nationalists,
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Calvinist teachings of the Dutch Reformed church
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This mentions the way that the Dutch justified Apartheid with biblical scripture.
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n his memoir, he recalls a pious phase during which he assembled a crowd of dark-skinned domestics and preached them a sermon on the Biblical reasons for their subordinate status.
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'There's so much constantly to react to in the world in which we live, and in a country like South Africa, that can become a full-time occupation'
