Use of contrasts

Your task asks you to write an essay in which you analyse and interpret Pippa Gough’s short story “The Journey to the Brothers’ Farm”, with part of the essay focusing on the use of contrasts.

Skin colours

As we have previously stated, the main focus of the story is the contrast between skin colours, more specifically between white-skinned people and dark-skinned people. The views expressed by most of the white characters in the story are stereotypical: Hendriks is a farmer who believes that...

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Two forms of text

Another important part when it comes to the use of contrasts in the story is the contrast between the different forms of texts. On the one hand, we have Annelie’s statement to the police, which is written in italics and separated from the rest of the narrative by breaks. It is much more formal than the rest of the narrative, and offers an insight into how Annelie has to present the events for the police to believe her and to believe Thabo to be innocent:

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