Numerous works serve to abolish of the cruel apartheid system in South Africa, including literature works
\nand speeches. One prominent example of literature was Nadine Gordimer\u2019s A Chip of Glass Ruby, which
\nwon the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Gordimer was a writer who wrote novels to deliver a political
\nmessage for readers, specifically anti-apartheid movements. In the book she depicted Mrs. Bamjee, who
\nwas caring for people and asked for the end of apartheid and discrimination. Gordimer carefully showed
\nMrs. Bamjee\u2019s universal kindness and pursuing justice within her optimistic and determined dialogues and
\nher calm actions, appealing to the audience\u2019s pathos. Another Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, the first
\nblack archbishop in Cape Town, delivered a speech to United Nations Security Council after he won the
\nNobel Peace Prize in 1984. Tutu utilized parallelism and strong connotations to directly stress the richness of
\nSouth Africa but also how apartheid brought injustice, violence and unrest to his beloved homeland.
\nUltimately, Gordimer created Mrs. Bamjee as a model for brave anti-apartheid activists and persuade people
\nto fight against injustice through subtle literary elements and emotional connections, rather indirectly; On
\nthe other hand, Tutu gave a direct speech using repetition and connotations to introduce several contrasts
\nbetween richness and violence in South Africa to make the world leaders pay attention to the issue.<\/p>\n
Many dialogues from A Chip of Glass Ruby could generate emotional connections between Mrs. Bamjee
\nand readers, especially the ones right before Mrs. Bamjee was arrested. Mrs. Bamjee spoke out short and
\nsimple sentences to inform the plans for weekend to Mr. Bamjee: \u201cTake them on Sunday\u201d. \u201cTo the
\nengagement party\u201d. \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t miss it. Ismail would be offended\u201d. Such sentences made readers feel as
\nif she was experiencing a normal comfortable weekend. In contrast, she was facing the cruel police and
\nwould be sent to prison right away. The tone is rather shocking, silent and a bit desperate, which revealed
\nMrs. Bamkee\u2019s preparedness for sacrifice for political development without hesitation. It also showed her
\nkindness. As overreactions would shock their children, she hid her feelings in her last words and ensured
\ntheir kids could live normally with the loss of their mother. Mrs. Bamjee was a paradigm for political activists
\nand demonstrated women\u2019s power in political activities. It suggested that the power of anti-apartheid would
\nnever end until the root was demolished.<\/p>\n
Tutu, on the other hand, established long sentence syntax in his powerful speech. He utilized vivid imageries
\nin his mind, quoted \u201ca beautiful land of rolling hills, and gurgling streams\u2026 a land of vast open spaces\u2026 a
\nland capable of feeding itself\u201d to state his confidence and virtuous richness in South Africa. Conversely, he
\nclaimed that his beloved country was ruined \u201cby alienation, by animosity, by separation\u2026\u201d. He also wrote
\n\u201cThere is\u201d structure to describe the volatile situation of restricted freedom and recession of economy. The
\nparallelism syntax demonstrated the material and spiritual development and richness of South Africa, but
\nalso numerous harmful forces that render it a fragmented and desperate society. The strong contrast
\nemphasizes the horror and negative changes brought by the apartheid and call upon world leaders to care
\nabout global humanity, abolishment of discrimination and freedom, making enormous changes to South
\nAfrica government and create a just South Africa society.<\/p>\n
Considering diction and pathos, Tutu also included words with strong connotations to create a tone of
\nanger, resentfulness and desperation. He repeated the words \u201cvolatile, unrest and endemic\u201d to convey the
\nseriousness of the problem in South Africa. He also included positive words like peace, harmony and
\ncontentment, again to stress the huge malicious effects stemmed from the apartheid. He ended the whole
\nspeech with several adjectives: \u201cAnd the root cause is apartheid \u2013 a vicious, immoral and totally unchristian
\nsystem\u2026\u201d. The powerful words aimed to shock the world about the real situations in South Africa. Anyway,
\nhis speech was simply comprehensible by whether ordinary people and world leaders, repeatedly express
\nhis will to give an end to apartheid.<\/p>\n
-Quick Write, by Charles Yang, Co-founder of Youth Torch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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