Not because she changed the world or accomplished something tremendous, but because she challenged us to think about acting out of fear, being easily persuaded and unintended racism. The Mother has faults, just like every other human,or Mother. However by confronting us with her faults and not being a specific character she allowed us to relate and challenges us to think about our own faults. The Mother also shows an experience, the Apartheid, from a different perspective and allows us to understand a less spoken point of view. Although Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer is just a short story the Mother in the story manages to provoke thought and I consider her to be an meaningful
Not because she changed the world or accomplished something tremendous, but because she challenged us to think about acting out of fear, being easily persuaded and unintended racism. The Mother has faults, just like every other human,or Mother. However by confronting us with her faults and not being a specific character she allowed us to relate and challenges us to think about our own faults. The Mother also shows an experience, the Apartheid, from a different perspective and allows us to understand a less spoken point of view. Although Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer is just a short story the Mother in the story manages to provoke thought and I consider her to be an meaningful