In Mathabane (1986), chapters eight through eleven the narrator experiences several life changing events such as scavenging for food to be able to function for a few hours of the day or going against his fathers view on religion. However, his most at risk experience was in chapter ten when he went with the boys to the barracks to go get something to eat. He was warned by his mother not to go with them, but insisted on going when he saw them again. His curiosity of how he could obtain some sort of food in his stomach caused this yearning. He experienced one of the most traumatizing events a child could experience, which was viewing/experiencing sexual abuse. Although, he was aware from the beginning something was not right he still remained
