White Boy, a Black Man and a Kite
Racism continues not only in the United States, but many other foreign countries.
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many men to bring great attention to such problem; leading to his assassination in 1968. Despite such tragedy, many have not realized that this dilemma began way before the 1960s in the country of South Africa. In the play, “ Master Harold and the Boys” we find such discrimination fought against. Author, Athol Fugard uses a kite as a symbol to display the challenges against social reform by revealing a special bond between a black employee named Sam and a privileged, white boy named Hally. Although society had a different opinion about the separation of people with different …show more content…
People who lived in South Africa treated people with darker skin completely different from how Hally treated Sam. Yes he did instruct him to complete work, but they also had intellectual conversations. They were not shadowing the behavior of the people who they were surrounded by. Their friendship defied all the beliefs people had during this period of time. Hally prefered to be with Sam than with his own family. As stated with his own words he, “spent more time in [the room with Sam and Willie] than anywhere else in that dump…”.(25) He also shared the story of the kite and how, “he wanted [Sam] to stay because he was scared of having to look after it by himself…”(30) This shows how the kite brought these two together and how much Hally depended on Sam despite of his skin color. Hally looked passed the employee and boss relationship and created a deeper bond even though many opposed of such relationship.
The kite also revealed the type of people Sam and Hally truly were. Sam sympathized for the young boy with the drunk dad. He displayed a sense of protection over the boy and how he wanted to shield him from the hurt and pain his father caused him. As found in …show more content…
We also learn that Sam builds the kite because despite Hally loving his father, he was “the one person who should have been teaching [him] what it meant to be a man [and that] brought him shame...”(58). Sam not only taught Hally many things of his culture but he also disciplined him like a son. Hally really depended on the company of Sam and not only needed him for small things such as flying a kite but also confronting this problems he had with his real father.
In conclusion, the kite in the play “ Master Harold and the boys” was used to show how Sam and Hally went against any social reform that occurred during this time, the kind of characters they truly were, and the strong father and son relationship they had between them.
The kite was a sense of hope for their connection. Not only was it used for these two very different characters to come together to form this special bond but it was also used as a
Racism continues not only in the United States, but many other foreign countries.
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many men to bring great attention to such problem; leading to his assassination in 1968. Despite such tragedy, many have not realized that this dilemma began way before the 1960s in the country of South Africa. In the play, “ Master Harold and the Boys” we find such discrimination fought against. Author, Athol Fugard uses a kite as a symbol to display the challenges against social reform by revealing a special bond between a black employee named Sam and a privileged, white boy named Hally. Although society had a different opinion about the separation of people with different …show more content…
People who lived in South Africa treated people with darker skin completely different from how Hally treated Sam. Yes he did instruct him to complete work, but they also had intellectual conversations. They were not shadowing the behavior of the people who they were surrounded by. Their friendship defied all the beliefs people had during this period of time. Hally prefered to be with Sam than with his own family. As stated with his own words he, “spent more time in [the room with Sam and Willie] than anywhere else in that dump…”.(25) He also shared the story of the kite and how, “he wanted [Sam] to stay because he was scared of having to look after it by himself…”(30) This shows how the kite brought these two together and how much Hally depended on Sam despite of his skin color. Hally looked passed the employee and boss relationship and created a deeper bond even though many opposed of such relationship.
The kite also revealed the type of people Sam and Hally truly were. Sam sympathized for the young boy with the drunk dad. He displayed a sense of protection over the boy and how he wanted to shield him from the hurt and pain his father caused him. As found in …show more content…
We also learn that Sam builds the kite because despite Hally loving his father, he was “the one person who should have been teaching [him] what it meant to be a man [and that] brought him shame...”(58). Sam not only taught Hally many things of his culture but he also disciplined him like a son. Hally really depended on the company of Sam and not only needed him for small things such as flying a kite but also confronting this problems he had with his real father.
In conclusion, the kite in the play “ Master Harold and the boys” was used to show how Sam and Hally went against any social reform that occurred during this time, the kind of characters they truly were, and the strong father and son relationship they had between them.
The kite was a sense of hope for their connection. Not only was it used for these two very different characters to come together to form this special bond but it was also used as a