Thesis: Matthee’s depiction of conflicts involving Fiela, Barta, and Nina in Fiela’s Child helps readers see that women are capable of doing things when they feel confident about themselves and knowing how to use the power that they hold in their position.
South African women have been fighting for more than just women's political rights, but also for their people political rights. In the book Fiela’s Child, Fiela demonstrates how a African woman can be strong and independent, when she have such little chance of changing the case. During the late 19th century women didn’t have much option but to obey the men, but Fiela's is different. She is willing to take the risk to approach face to face with the magistrate. When she knew something …show more content…
Meeting the magistrate is not an easy task; it is like a nightmare. Standing before the Magistrate is like if she “had jumped over a cliff”. It is just too difficult for her to give up on Benjamin. She knew that if she “try and break her fall” before she gets into a bad situation, she would have to get “Unscathed as possible” to not put herself in a dangerous zone. Fiela is close to putting herself in danger when the Magistrate asks the constable to assist him, “The constable came out into the passage as if he had been waiting all the time. Fear shot through like madness” (Matthee 172). Fiela felt uncomfortable when “the constable came out” as if the constable “been waiting all this time” for the magistrate to call him over. Fiela feels the presence of “fear shot through her like madness” like she was not welcome there in the first place. She quietly backs up and decided to leave the Magistrate and go back and think what she is going to do next. Therefore the Author shows that even if you have the
South African women have been fighting for more than just women's political rights, but also for their people political rights. In the book Fiela’s Child, Fiela demonstrates how a African woman can be strong and independent, when she have such little chance of changing the case. During the late 19th century women didn’t have much option but to obey the men, but Fiela's is different. She is willing to take the risk to approach face to face with the magistrate. When she knew something …show more content…
Meeting the magistrate is not an easy task; it is like a nightmare. Standing before the Magistrate is like if she “had jumped over a cliff”. It is just too difficult for her to give up on Benjamin. She knew that if she “try and break her fall” before she gets into a bad situation, she would have to get “Unscathed as possible” to not put herself in a dangerous zone. Fiela is close to putting herself in danger when the Magistrate asks the constable to assist him, “The constable came out into the passage as if he had been waiting all the time. Fear shot through like madness” (Matthee 172). Fiela felt uncomfortable when “the constable came out” as if the constable “been waiting all this time” for the magistrate to call him over. Fiela feels the presence of “fear shot through her like madness” like she was not welcome there in the first place. She quietly backs up and decided to leave the Magistrate and go back and think what she is going to do next. Therefore the Author shows that even if you have the