Theme and message

The main theme of “Dukwane's Deliverance” by Neil Ramsorrun is following one’s dreams through overcoming challenges. This theme is enhanced through motifs like discrimination, violence, and poverty. The author’s message is that bad things and challenges are a way of achieving deliverance. No one can rescue someone else from their condition (being poor, being discriminated against, etc.). Only by overcoming adversity can one find deliverance and overcome one’s condition.

Following one’s dreams

The theme of the short story is explored through the main character and his attitude toward those around him and his circumstances.

Although he does not come from a wealthy family and he is more likely to be discriminated against because he is black, Dukwane is a boy with a dream. He wants to become someone important—to study at a good university and get involved in politics. To follow his dream, he overcomes his ...