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• By Nadine Gordimer

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• Point of View Third person limited
• Setting South Africa during Apartheid
• Characters
• Mrs. Hattie Telford
• Students
• The Spokesman - Dumile
• Maid
• Shadrack Nsutsha

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• Literary Analysis Atmosphere
• Uncomfortable atmosphere between the Hostess and
  her guests
• Differences in race and social class
• Black students ask for a ride causes fleeting
  fear in Mrs. Telford
• Yet, out of generosity, she offers them a ride
  and a meal
• Mrs. Telford is uncomfortable when she realizes
  her older Black female friends would be insulted
  if she brought them in through the back door and
  the kitchen.
• tension due to fact that Mrs. Telford has a maid
  who waits on her she does not want the students
  to see the maid serve her lunch.

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• Vocabulary
• Assent n. expression of agreement
• Euphemisms n. words or phrases that are less
  expressive or direct but considered less
  distasteful or offensive than others
• Furtively adv. In a sneaky manner, as if to
  hinder observation
• Revelation n. Striking disclosure of something
• Disposed adj. inclined tending toward

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• Vocabulary continued
• Vehemently adv. forcefully intensely
• Deference n. submission to the desires or
  opinions of another.
• Perfunctorily adv. Indifferently with little
  interest or care

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• Atmosphere or Mood Literary Analysis
• In literature, atmosphere or mood refers to the
  emotional quality of the world the author
  creates.
• Atmosphere arises from descriptive details,
  setting , or plot, and often mirrors the emotions
  of characters themselves.