Protest Against Oppression in Alan Paton's Short Story "Life for a Life"
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
During the colonial period the inhabitants of South Africa experienced social and cultural discrimination in all spheres of life. The colonizers considered the non-whites as inferiors and suppressed them and such oppression was cruel and inhuman attitude which suffocated the natives. The European colonizers introduced apartheid system in South Africa in order to bring them under their control. Alan Paton pictures this attitude of subjugation and aims at making an end to this problem. In one of his short story 'Life for a Life' he pictures the sufferings of Enoch Maarman and his family on account of the discrimination between a rich white farmer and a poor brown shepherd. In order to avenge the murder of a rich farmer, the innocent Enoch Maarman is killed and buried. His wife, Sara's voice against the murder of her husband is suppressed. Alan Paton portrays the horrible picture of oppression in the short story.
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