In my essay I will be contrasting and comparing the two female characters Mandisa and Thando from John Kani’s award winning play Nothing but the truth. My main focus will be on both Mandisa and Thando’s personalities ,background, achievements and professions
Thando Makhaya is Sipho Makhaya’s daugther who is the main character of the play. Thando is a honest, loyal, patient, caring, selfless, respectful and loving she worked as a teacher and as an interpreter at the Truth and Reconciliation commision amnesty hearings I think both her jobs reflect well on her her life and personality. Because I believe that the TRC hearings will help her find closure about what happened to her brother Luvuyo (Kani,2002,20) Thando comes across as a very traditonal …show more content…
She believes in more in revenge compared to Thando who blieves in forgtiveness and peace (“ A man sends a parcel bomb to two women and a child. It blows their guts out and is not guilty of any crime”) I personaly think that Mandisa has no right to be angry or be against the TRC because she is from London she knows nothing about the struggle and Africa itself, I would rather she tries and put herself in Thando’s shoes and anyother person who lost their loved ones instead of her talking out of ignorance point of view (Kani,2002,27) . Sipho changes Thando’s character because she acts different when her father is around its like she is living under her father’s shadow, but when he is not around she finally has the chance to say whatever comes in her mind but at the same time she can challenge him whenever she feels that he is being unreasonable (“when she wanted to go to London with Mandisa he said no because his reason was becaude he loves …show more content…
She is an independent, faisty, out spoken, go getter, loving and protective. She went to school to study fashion design although her father wanted her to study medicine and become a docter but because of her independency the decided to do what she loves which is fashion.
Mandisa is a go getter because she wanted to go to Johannesburg and meet Nandipha the design Thando tried to stop her that they can’t before the funeral but she still wanted to go.She is never scared to speak her mind out although it may come across as being as being disrespectful hence Thando was playing the peace maker “Kani,2002,31” and acording to Mandisa it was out of self expression.
In contrast to Thando who strictly follows costoms Mandisa was never exposed to costoms from her western background as much as Thando was. I personally think that Mandisa doesn’t understand Thando and Sipho’s bond because she never had a chance to have a close relationship with her father which proves that more she when she wanted to go out and have dinner outside and Thando says (“they can’t go out just before the funeral”).I think she is being over protective towards her father because she loves him when she finds out from Thando that Sipho actually blames her father for Luvuyo’s death
Thando Makhaya is Sipho Makhaya’s daugther who is the main character of the play. Thando is a honest, loyal, patient, caring, selfless, respectful and loving she worked as a teacher and as an interpreter at the Truth and Reconciliation commision amnesty hearings I think both her jobs reflect well on her her life and personality. Because I believe that the TRC hearings will help her find closure about what happened to her brother Luvuyo (Kani,2002,20) Thando comes across as a very traditonal …show more content…
She believes in more in revenge compared to Thando who blieves in forgtiveness and peace (“ A man sends a parcel bomb to two women and a child. It blows their guts out and is not guilty of any crime”) I personaly think that Mandisa has no right to be angry or be against the TRC because she is from London she knows nothing about the struggle and Africa itself, I would rather she tries and put herself in Thando’s shoes and anyother person who lost their loved ones instead of her talking out of ignorance point of view (Kani,2002,27) . Sipho changes Thando’s character because she acts different when her father is around its like she is living under her father’s shadow, but when he is not around she finally has the chance to say whatever comes in her mind but at the same time she can challenge him whenever she feels that he is being unreasonable (“when she wanted to go to London with Mandisa he said no because his reason was becaude he loves …show more content…
She is an independent, faisty, out spoken, go getter, loving and protective. She went to school to study fashion design although her father wanted her to study medicine and become a docter but because of her independency the decided to do what she loves which is fashion.
Mandisa is a go getter because she wanted to go to Johannesburg and meet Nandipha the design Thando tried to stop her that they can’t before the funeral but she still wanted to go.She is never scared to speak her mind out although it may come across as being as being disrespectful hence Thando was playing the peace maker “Kani,2002,31” and acording to Mandisa it was out of self expression.
In contrast to Thando who strictly follows costoms Mandisa was never exposed to costoms from her western background as much as Thando was. I personally think that Mandisa doesn’t understand Thando and Sipho’s bond because she never had a chance to have a close relationship with her father which proves that more she when she wanted to go out and have dinner outside and Thando says (“they can’t go out just before the funeral”).I think she is being over protective towards her father because she loves him when she finds out from Thando that Sipho actually blames her father for Luvuyo’s death