Characters
The person who gives advice to Hally
Who is Sam?
What is metaphor?
The year the story takes place
What is 1950?
Sam and Willie are practicing for this event
What is a dance competition?
People who are privileged through the system of Apartheid.
Who are white Europeans?
The white 17-year old South African boy
Who is Hally?
Problem of the story
What is conflict?
Political movement is happening during the play
What is Apartheid?
Characters that are characterized indirectly (they don't appear in the play)
Who is Hally's mother, father, and Hilda?
The bench symbolizes this.
What is apartheid/racism?
Black man who works at the cafe and will compete at the dance competition
Who is Willie?
Central message or lesson of the story
What is theme?
Name of the boarding house they used to live in.
What is Jubilee Boarding House?
Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, Jesus, Mohammed, Alexander Fleming, Tolstoy
Who are Men of Magnitude?
The kite is a symbol of this.
What is equality/freedom/joy/happiness?
An alcoholic who had to be rescued from the Central Bar
Who is Hally's father?
Going back to an event that has already occurred
What is flashback?
The name of the town and country in which the story takes place
What is Port Elizabeth, South Africa?
One of the activities in the boarding house.
What is playing checkers, hiding under the bed, getting frisky with Cynthia, making a kite?
Sam considers ballroom dancing to be a form of this.
What is art?
Person who owns and runs the St. George tea house
Who is Hally's mother?
Feeling or mood created by the author
What is tone?
Specific setting of the action of the play as described in the first stage direction written at the beginning.
St. George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth
Number of years Hally has been "educating" Sam.
What is 5?
Give one example of Hally using his IMPLICIT BIAS.
What is:
-when Hally thinks he is smarter than Sam (discussing Men of Magnitude)?
-when Hally walks into Sam and Willie's room without knocking
Etc.