“It’s not what you are that is holding you back. It’s what you think you are not.” -Anonymous. In the book “Coconut”, the girls in the story, Ofilwe and Filkile are both colored people who didn’t fit in with the society and who also had low -self esteem. They felt like since they were black they weren’t good enough. They wanted to fit in with everybody. They wanted to feel important like everyone else. They wanted to change their appearance. Fikile was the most changeable person, who hated the way she liked. She tried to change her appearance so much she started using bleach soap. Fikile was so unhappy with her skin color. She didn’t want to be the color she is. She use bleach soap to lighting up her skin color (page.118, paragraph 2). She
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She compared her features to the most ugliest things. When she was playing the game mud war, she compared her nose to the mud. She didn’t like how her nose look, and she wanted it to change. Like most girls they have a good relationship with their mother even though they argue. Well with Fefe her and her mother relationship was the opposite. They had a bad relationship, they didn’t even talk. They disagreed with a lot of things about her mom had to say. Even though they had a bad relationship she still admire her mother beauty, she felt like her mom was very pretty. She stared at her mom a lot. I think if her and her mom had a good relationship she wouldn’t have a low self-esteem, the same way she look at her mom, she will look at herself the …show more content…
Ofilewe and Fikile wanted to change their appearance. They both wanted to be accepted by white people. They wanted to be out of their race because, how they seen the whites being treated and they wanted to be treated like them. Even though Ofilwe was black and wealthy she felt like that wasn’t enough and she wanted to be accepted by everyone in her class. WIth Fikile she really wanted to be accepted by everyone, she had it the worst. Fikile had to go through being colored, poor, and being molested by her uncle. They both wanted to change their lifestyle. They should know that even though they are different colors it’s nothing different between them. They both can get everything a white person have they just have to put their mind to
She compared her features to the most ugliest things. When she was playing the game mud war, she compared her nose to the mud. She didn’t like how her nose look, and she wanted it to change. Like most girls they have a good relationship with their mother even though they argue. Well with Fefe her and her mother relationship was the opposite. They had a bad relationship, they didn’t even talk. They disagreed with a lot of things about her mom had to say. Even though they had a bad relationship she still admire her mother beauty, she felt like her mom was very pretty. She stared at her mom a lot. I think if her and her mom had a good relationship she wouldn’t have a low self-esteem, the same way she look at her mom, she will look at herself the …show more content…
Ofilewe and Fikile wanted to change their appearance. They both wanted to be accepted by white people. They wanted to be out of their race because, how they seen the whites being treated and they wanted to be treated like them. Even though Ofilwe was black and wealthy she felt like that wasn’t enough and she wanted to be accepted by everyone in her class. WIth Fikile she really wanted to be accepted by everyone, she had it the worst. Fikile had to go through being colored, poor, and being molested by her uncle. They both wanted to change their lifestyle. They should know that even though they are different colors it’s nothing different between them. They both can get everything a white person have they just have to put their mind to