Master Harold Symbolism Flashcards
Rain
Represents apartheid
Can’t fly kites on rainy days
Rainy days
Represents something not good to come
Looking up
Hope and pride
Looking down
Ashamed and embarrassed
Example of looking up
Sam built hally kite to make him look up; to feel better
Kite made of
Trash
Because of what the kite was made of…
No one thought it could fly
Kite represents
Freedom, miracles, a better tomorrow, democracy, all that is good
Why did Sam build the kite
To give hally self confidence
Play took place in
1950 South Africa
Bench represents
Apartheid, racism, bigotry, hatred
What happens when Sam ties it to the bench
It falls and holds back all the good things
Ballroom dancing is something
Only rich while people do
Ballroom dancing for Sam and willie:
Pride for same and willie
Chance to escape reality; be equal
Ballroom dancing represents
Utopia, perfect world without collisions and bumping into each other
Displacement
When hally takes out his frustration about his parents on Sam and willie
Comic books belong to
Hallys father
Comic books show his father is
Ignorant, less educated, childish
Hallys father represents
Crippled corrupt South African government
When Sam carries hallys father on his back it shows
The government keeping the black man down
Joe Louis represents
Hope for black people
