Out Of Bounds By Abigail Naidoo Analysis

“Out of Bounds” written by Beverly Naidoo was written after she lived through Apartheid in South Africa. Apartheid was a group that separated the whites, mixed, and blacks in South Africa also while this was going on there was terrible storms that were going on. This left many people homeless. When Apartheid was lifted the black people of South Africa tried to move to where the whites and mixed people were living to be able to have more resources to their disposal including running water and better housing. “Out of Bounds” a story that was written in a boy of Indian descent named Rohans point of view. In the story the squatters, people that do not have a home, had come to move into the area where only mixed and whites were allowed. The squatters …show more content…
After apartheid ended, a group of people named the squatters moved into an area where Rohan’s playground use to be and used the parts in order to build homes to live in. “If the squatters moved away, his friends and he could get their territory back.” This shows that Rohan only saw them as a barrier instead of real people. Also he did not see them as people who needed help in order to survive. By the end he had several experiences that showed him that they were actual people that needed help. “He prayed that Cyclone Gloria would keep well away.” This quote shows that by the end he actually cared about the squatters unlike he did in the beginning. He now even sees one of them as a friend. In the beginning of the story it is hard for Rohan to see the squatters as real people because all the people around him sees them as “bugs” and he is currently upset that they just took his play area. As a result the author uses a change in character through the character resolving his conflict to develop the theme but also through culture and …show more content…
This theme can be used that is there is a situation, it is sometimes ok to do what is right even though you might get in trouble. For example, Rohan did when he gave Soloni water and helped him carry it back to his house, even though he might get in trouble with his