The title of a story obviously should have significant, deep meaning and this story is no exception. The story “It was Easter Sunday, the Day I Went to Netreg”, by Sindiwe Magona, there are distinct similarities between Linda’s abortion and Jesus Christ’s crucifixion.
A critical thing to remember about this story is the situation in which this thirteen year old girl got pregnant from her own father. It is important to remember that young pregnancies were not unusual things to happen in these townships in South Africa at this time. In fact, it is not even new territory to be trodden by in Linda’s direct family. Linda’s grandmother mentioned “Your mother was a child herself when she spread she went and spread herself at the zones.”(63) but that quote is one that makes the women who visit these “Single Men’s Quarters” sound to be at fault for their pregnancy or even the men in the zones to be at fault. In fact, I see the system that was placed there by white people designed for oppression at fault. “The white, highly specialized, and learned officials had yet to grasp the simple fact of these men being human too.”(63) In being human too means that they certainly did not want to leave their wives and children …show more content…
These are shown primarily because of the death that occurred in both stories to wash away the sins of others. These sins in Linda’s case included racism which, to me, seem like a constant battle that happens everyday with little exception all over the world. Racism is a fact of life whether you are in Jerusalem thousands of years ago or if you are in South Africa just a decade or two ago. It seems to me like in the world today it is not uncommon for people to die not because the are bad people, not because they are guilty of something but for other people's wrongdoings. What I am left wondering is how many people have died for another's sins to make it possible for me to be
A critical thing to remember about this story is the situation in which this thirteen year old girl got pregnant from her own father. It is important to remember that young pregnancies were not unusual things to happen in these townships in South Africa at this time. In fact, it is not even new territory to be trodden by in Linda’s direct family. Linda’s grandmother mentioned “Your mother was a child herself when she spread she went and spread herself at the zones.”(63) but that quote is one that makes the women who visit these “Single Men’s Quarters” sound to be at fault for their pregnancy or even the men in the zones to be at fault. In fact, I see the system that was placed there by white people designed for oppression at fault. “The white, highly specialized, and learned officials had yet to grasp the simple fact of these men being human too.”(63) In being human too means that they certainly did not want to leave their wives and children …show more content…
These are shown primarily because of the death that occurred in both stories to wash away the sins of others. These sins in Linda’s case included racism which, to me, seem like a constant battle that happens everyday with little exception all over the world. Racism is a fact of life whether you are in Jerusalem thousands of years ago or if you are in South Africa just a decade or two ago. It seems to me like in the world today it is not uncommon for people to die not because the are bad people, not because they are guilty of something but for other people's wrongdoings. What I am left wondering is how many people have died for another's sins to make it possible for me to be