Foreshadows Brille's Transformation Of Hannetjie Analysis

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The story foreshadows Brille’s transformation of Hannetjie in to a “good warder” by having him being the one to deal with Hannetjie all the time. Brille’s first altercations with Hannetjie is when Hannetjie reprimands him because, “...he had munched on cabbages and dropped them almost at the feet of the warder all previous warders overlooked this. Not so Warder Hannetjie” (Head 2). Brille’s first altercation with Hannetjie foreshadows Hannetjie’s transformation into a “good warder” because Brille become that person that keeps the story talks about always there with Hannetjie. Brille’s is seen this way since he is the one to catch Hannetjie stealing fertilizer and he is the one that gets Hannetjie in more trouble. Brille gets him in more

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