Such was the impact of poet Ingrid Jonker that decades after her death in 1965, the late Nelson Mandela read her poem, The Child who Was Shot Dead by Soldiers at Nyanga, at the opening of the first democratic Parliament on 24 May 1994.
“The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave us the right to assert with pride that we are South Africans, that we are Africans and that we are citizens of the world,” he said 20 years ago.
“The certainties that come with age tell me that among these we shall find an Afrikaner woman who transcended a particular experience and became a South African, an African and a citizen of the world. Her name is Ingrid Jonker. She was both a poet and a South African. She was both an Afrikaner and an African. She was both an artist and a human being.”
She had written the poem following a visit to the Philippi police station to see the body of a child who had been shot dead in his mother’s arms by the police in the township of Nyanga in Cape Town. It happened in the aftermath of the massacre of 69 people in Sharpeville, south of Johannesburg, in March 1960. They were marching to the police station to protest against having to carry passbooks.
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In "The Devil's Arithmetic", Jane Yolen made the death of Tzipporah unforgettable and real by depicting that the little girl passed away with her finger in her mouth and since she was lifeless, a fly could crawl over her body. Also, Jane revealed that Little Tzipporah passed away in the barracks few days after they came to camp.
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Little Tzipporah was the sister to Reuven and the daughter of Yitzchak. Soon after they arrived camp, the little girl passed away. Gitl wept over the passing away of Tzipporah.
"The Devil's Arithmetic" was written by Jane Yolen. It's a historical fictitious event which took place in Poland in the 1940s. It reveals how the Nazis treated their Jewish captives.
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D.a reference to the author of the text
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The hero of legend Odysseus is an epic hero because he embodies many of the traits of an epic hero, such as being a fearless commander. "Yet she urged that I alone should listen to their song. Therefore, you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, /erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, /and if I shout and beg to be untied, /take more turns of the rope to muffle me. /I would rather be dwelt on this part of the forecast, /while our good ship made time, bound outward down the wind for the strange island of Sirens "(Homer 23–31). Because he guides his men over treacherous seas, Odysseus might be considered heroic. He is never afraid to take on a challenge or accomplish a job.
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