Kaffir Boy
Beginning of paper
In the book by Mark Mathebane there are many obstacles that Mark the
protagonist has to overcome. The first of his problems was to get through school in his poor South African ghetto. The second was to achieve his goal and receive a tennis scholarship to an American college.
Mark’s father is ....
Middle of paper
.... government. With the little money that his mother made and some money that his grandmother gave him he was
able to pay for his schooling or at least some of it. He often was without the required materials like a school uniform and books. This then resulted in Mark being beaten at school. These beatings became so intense and often that Mark thought about dropping out of school. His Mother helped him decide that he should stay in school because she knew that an education was the only way out ....
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Word count: 621
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
