Alternate perspective: In this scene the white man has become sad and shows a change in emotion from once being hostile towards the black man. He acts as a different person complicating his character because now he is not just seen as an opressor but as someone who might feel regret for their actions but won't change due to the oppressive system his ancestors established. The emotional shift occurs as they are finishing the house and changes from dominance to regret but the end goal of segregation remains.

Most difficult passage: I feel that the reading was overall easy to understand after, but what made this paragraph difficult to understand was the change in emotion from the white man. Why is there a shift in emotion in the white man? And why does he continue to build the house after he feels sad? Why are there no windows and no doors? The passage does not explicitly state the reason behind his change in perspective, but one can infer that the white man is aware that segregation is wrong but does not have it in him to change.

Technical Language: The word Ngoma is directly translated into the word drum and the term Ngoma-dance refers to traditional dancing, drumming, and singing in Africa.

Technical Language: Assegais is a spear used in southern Africa by the Bantu speaking people. This is part of technical language because it represents part of a specific culture and history.

Example illustrating a main point The purpose of the white man building the house was to keep the "sea" out, but in truth he is separating himself from the black man. This illustrates the main idea of segregation and also demonstrates that the barrier created has long existed and the white man is simply following what he has been taught.

Alternate perspective: I believe that this sentence shows the white man in a different perspective. Before he simply mentioned that the black man had to work outside, but now the white man has a hostile approach when he talks to the black man. He says that the black man is "cursed" and that he has been for a long time. This reveals the white mans true feelings of unfriendliness and dislike towards the black man.

Defintion of an important concept: This paragraph along with the others that discuss history, depicts the racial opression and social tension that has existed between white and black people. It shows the unequal power dynamic of the white man in control and the black man forced to perform the heavy labor under the extreme heat and weather conditions. This represents an important event in history of apartheid in South Africa in the 1900s.

Main problem: This sentence highlights the main issue in the passage about the social and racial differences between the men. The second part demonstrates the superiority the white man has and the inequality that the black man is expected to work for the white man. The black man stands with folded arms shows a sign of resistance and questioning the injustice. When the black man says "You come to teach me that God is white" a bigger issue is about beliefs is reflected and implies that the white man believes they are closer to God and favored.

Main point: In this sentence the main point is explicitly stated with the information given about the two characters involved and the dialogue which states how one of the characters feels about the other. The white man throughout the whole passage is inside the walls of the house which demonstrates his arrogance and superiority. When the white man says that the black man "must" work outside it demonstrates that historical contect exists to support his statement. This implies that the authors main point is focused around race, segregation, inequality.

Authors Tone: The authors tone is set from the very beginning of the passage in this sentence primarly through the word choice, syntax, and imagery. The use of the adjective trembling creates an emotion of intense fear or anxiety that sets the tone for the entire passage. As the story progresses the tone can be seen as the black man begans to have worry and fear. The word structure in this sentence is particularly longer creating a sense of depth to the description of the setting. This also ties into imagery because it provides sensory detail that paints a picture in the readers mind and therefore evokes emotions on the overall setting and characters of the story.