Themes
All of Patricia's beatings of Trevor and punishments came from a place of...
Love
The first black president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Because Trevor did this, the family thought they had been cursed
He pooped in the house and hid it in the trash
Trevor found his niche in high school by doing this
Getting food from the tuck shop for other people
Trevor and his friends are kicked out of a DJ'ing gig because they were chanting this
Being a child of both black and white parents, Trevor always struggled with finding his own...
Identity
United States
Patricia teaches Trevor to use this as a way to tear down barriers and navigate the world
Different languages
Trevor's story about having a crush on Zaheera is ultimately a tale about what?
Regret
Trevor wanted to save money to go to college and so he did this for a couple of years...
Hustled CD's on a street corner in Alexandra
When Trevor and his friends are pulled over by a cop in Alexandra, they experience this first hand...
Injustice/Corrupt police/Racial profiling
Black people were sent here after the government kicked them from their original homes
Homelands
Patricia's secondhand car broke down
The reasons why Maylene chose Lorenzo over Trevor as her Valentine (3 reasons)
Popular, white, good looking
Trevor is put in jail because he was caught doing this
Driving around in one of Abel's shop cars/Driving a stolen car
This is demonstrated through Patricia's arduous upbringing, having Trevor and choosing to raise him alone, establishing a career, and moving into a white neighborhood
The messed up laws of apartheid were designed to do this to the black population of South Africa
Keep them separated and fighting with one another
Trevor learns this lesson from his time spent with Fufi
You do not own the thing you love
Teddy is arrested (and Trevor is almost arrested) because they were stealing this
Alcohol filled chocolates
Patricia gave Isaac his name for this reason
Abel's possessive and aggressive behavior stemmed from a place of...
Toxic masculinity
The financial responsibility placed on family members who experience upward mobility to help out their relatives who are less fortunate
Black tax
The meal that Trevor's father Robert always made for him (3 things)
Potato rottsi, Sprite, and custard with caramel
Trevor's matric dance was ruined because he didn't realize Babiki only spoke this language...
Pedi
This is how Patricia survived her gunshot wound to the head...
The bullet missed all vital arteries, her brain, and her eye and exited out of her nose/She prayed.