Born a Crime
The animal Noah compared himself to.
What is a Chameleon?
What is the most prevalent theme in Anowa?
What is individualism/freedom?
Point of view of Master Harold.
What is 3rd person?
All three texts take place here.
What is Africa? (South Africa and Ghana)
The day of the English Paper 2 exam. x2 Points if you know the time.
What is Friday, May 8, 2026, at 8:30
The purpose of epigraphs in Born a Crime.
What is to immediately ground the reader in the historical, legal, and systemic brutality of apartheid before beginning his personal narrative. (as a preface or foreword)
Who are Old Man and Old Woman?
What is the chorus? (The-hand-that-eats-salt-and-pepper)
How Fugard uses Juxtaposition.
To contrast the safety of home with the harsh reality of apartheid.
BaC and Master Harold have what in common?
What is both take place within apartheid, both demonstrate the challenges that come with living in a society with a racial hierarchy, or both explore the intense pressure that children had to face.
Define Caesura.
What is a pause or break in a line of poetry or prose, usually marked by a punctuation mark?
Noah's dancer friend's name.
What is Hitler?
The Phase this quote is from,
ANOWA. “I do not care, Mother. Have I not told you this is to be my marriage and not yours?”
Phase 1, Page 77
How did Fugard use pivotal scenes?
To expose how apartheid enforced racial hierarchies while also destabilizing personal relationships.
The term used to refer to a coming-of-age story.
What is Bildungsroman?
Order of the books read in class this year.
Born a Crime, Master Harold and the Boys, Hamlet, Anowa, Li-Young Lee
Themes in Born a Crime.
What is belonging and experiential learning?
How Aidoo uses irony.
What is to highlight that Anowa’s freedom was inevitable due to the patriarchal society?
What is uncommon about Sam and his shared interest with Hally?
It was not common for Black Africans to have any form of education, but Sam was very interested in books.
All three texts are similar because.
They center on how systems of oppression shape people’s identities and relationships, especially through race and social expectations.
Anagram of SILENT.
(An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, using all original letters exactly once)
What is LISTEN?
The full title of Born a Crime
What is Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood?
The cause of Anowa's death.
What is the clash between Anowa’s independence and societal expectations, compounded by her husband’s involvement in the slave trade, their childlessness, and their growing isolation?
This recurring symbol represents an idealized world of order and harmony, standing in stark contrast to the racial tensions that culminate in Hally’s betrayal of Sam.
What is ballroom dancing?
Both Anowa and Born a Crime have heavy implications of...
What are traditional gender expectations?
Synonym[s] for ephemeral (things that are short-lived, transitory, or last for only a very short time).
What is transient, fleeting, passing, or temporary?