role in the ending of this story. The reader definitely should not be surprised by the outcome as the story builds upon the possibility of a terrible ending. A careful reader should not be surprised by the ending because of the context clues,foreshadowing and the overall tone of the story. A major example that supports the idea of a bad ending is the context clues. In the beginning of the story it states clearly that Nadine Gordimer does not normally write children stories. He states “A certain novelist
Nadine Gordimer was born on November 20, 1923 in Transvaal, South Africa. She was raised in a small mining town, and from a young age she witnessed the racial discrimination black people faced in her country. These injustices transformed her outlook on life and inspired her to become a writer. Since then, she has gone on to become one of the most famous anti-apartheid writers, giving a voice to black people at a time when they were constantly silenced. Gordimer, as a white woman, speaks about the
“Country Lovers” and “The Welcome Table” My final paper for this course will be a literary analysis which will analyze the literary techniques that draw out the conflicts presented in two short stories “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker and “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer (Clugston, 2014). Both of these short stories have a black woman as the main characters that are betrayed by ethnic challenges, discrimination, and segregation because of the color of their skin. The comparison that both of these
O’Flaherty and Nadine Gordimer are equally credited. Catching the attention with heart racing phrases such as “YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED” and “the enemy”, both authors of such intellect create the effect of surprise. The authors use key literary elements in creating suspense to add to the effect of surprise. The authors use elements such as imagery, pacing of events, and foreshadowing leading to a surprise ending. Imagery greatly contributed to the feeling of suspense throughout reading the two stories. Firstly
of fortune shatter any hope of a healthy mother-son relationship since Paul goes mad because of his ruthless mother. Both Gordimer and Lawrence employ situational irony to suggest the unfolding of a dark tragedy and demise in their fairy-tale-like stories. The disastrous set of events that occurs takes a toll on both mother’s and forces them to think differently on the way they have been living their lives. The very element that was supposed to protect the family from intruders causes the death of