![]() ![]() ![]() They know I struggle with Sotho and they’re trying to help me learn. It’s not their language but they know I don’t speak a word of Afrikaans (though they don’t understand why Afrikaans is the language of white people). They’ve already extended a kindness to me by speaking in northern Sotho. Today, I know these women are Vendas simply because of their clothing: bright stripes of green and yellow and black fabric tied at one shoulder and hanging quite like a sack around their bodies. But I don’t see it I’m years away from being able to distinguish the nuances of ethnicity. “These ones from Venda, they have wide across the nose and high in the cheekbones,” they say. My black South African friends tell me it’s easy to tell a Venda from a Shangaan from a Xhosa from a Pedi. Pula e tla na! The rain, it comes!” They like me, and it feels very important to me that they do.“Yebo, yebo, mma,” I say-Yes, it’s true-and I hurry along in flip-flops, quickening my pace, feeling good about our brief but neighborly conversation. They chatter quickly in northern Sotho: “Missus, you must go fast. They know me I’m the only white person in town who walks everywhere, as they do. Halfway from town, two black South African women-domestic workers in the homes of white Afrikaner families-stop me with wide smiles. Just the basics: eggs, bread, Diet Coke in a bag slung into the crook of my elbow. the sky is still light and bright and I am sure-famous last words-I will be fine without an umbrella. When I begin the 45–minute walk to the shops for groceries, I can hear thunder cracking in the distance up the mountain in Mageobaskloof. It’s a Saturday afternoon in January in South Africa. This conclusion is the “and so” statement for your essay, giving you the place to offer a judgment based on the examination you have just offered.īy Allison Howard – Peace Corps Volunteer: South Africa (2003-2005) Make sure to use comparison and contrast phrases to cue the reader to the ways in which you are analyzing the relationship between the subjects.Īfter you finish analyzing the subjects, write a conclusion that summarizes the main points of the essay and reinforces your thesis. You may also consider your particular approach to the subjects as well as the nature of the subjects themselves some subjects might better lend themselves to one structure or the other. The organizing strategy that you choose will depend on, as always, your audience and your purpose. The body of the essay can be organized in one of two ways: by subject or by individual points. Your thesis should come at the end of the introduction, and it should establish the subjects you will compare, contrast, or both as well as state what can be learned from doing so. Be sure to make an argument in your thesis explain to the reader what’s at stake in analyzing the relationship between your stated subjects. Once you have decided on a topic, introduce it with an engaging opening paragraph. \)įirst, choose whether you want to compare seemingly disparate subjects, contrast seemingly similar subjects, or compare and contrast subjects. ![]()
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