They take away books that they feel Nyasha should not be reading, forces their daughter to eat when she says that she is not hungry, and even uses violence to reprimand her for staying out too late with a boy. ... In this quote, Dangarembga makes note that Nyasha's parents are not to blame for their controlling demeanor, because the settlers also oppressed them during colonization. ... Nyasha pretends to be a settler and insults her father by calling him a "good boy, a good munt. ... The use of the term "boy", which implies the bottom of social hierarchy, shows that black A...

• Word Count: 1640
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The final stanza reinforces the idea that change can be positive and that noting should ever stay the same. ... The responder can see there that the father is blind to the boys needs, he can only see that the boy continues to love him and believes that that is all that matters. ... They arrive from America believing that they are a superior race and above all blacks. ... The girls realise that they are going to have to accept their black counterparts, as there is no other children to play with. ...

• Word Count: 1417
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate