Mother to Mother “That deep, deep, deep, ran the hatred then. In the nearly two centuries since, the hatred has but multiplied” (Magona, 176). Years of hatred and oppression can lead one to make drastic decisions and to not fully understand the effect and consequences of their actions. In times of oppression, the thought of becoming free or finally having your needs met could lead one to make a decision that, under normal conditions, would be uncharacteristic. I will argue that Mxolisi’s key role in the "raging storm of the Black Youth" and the years of oppression were the leading factors to the murder of Amy Biehl, and under normal circumstances, he would not have committed the crime. In order to fully understand how the “raging
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She writes to Amy Biehl's mother “ I am angry at all the grown-ups who made my son believe he was a hero, fighting for the nation, were he to do the things he heard them advocate, the deeds they praised” (199). She goes on to further confirm that the oppression is what lead Mxolisi to the murder and that by killing the oppressor it would lead to his liberation. She writes, “Your, daughter. The perfect atonement of her race. My son. The perfect host of the demons of his” (201). She then explains that her son killed her because of his race, that the “burning hatred for the oppressor possessed his being … The resentment of three hundred years plugged his ears” …show more content…
As a child he made friends with the boys that lived close to him, they often played with one and other. The day that the boys got into trouble and the police raided the house, Mxolisi not knowing, told the police officers where the boys were. After they were killed on site, Mxolisi went silent. When they took him to the sangoma she told Mxolisi that “You hold yourself and you are held responsible. This is evidence that Mxolisi had some type of remorse for what had happened. He did not talk for some time after. Once he began to speak again, his mother explains that as a result of this traumatic event in his childhood, you would have to kill Mxolisi before he told on anyone. From a young age he expressed regret and sadness, we can see by him not talking he had compassion, that he felt remorse. He had tremendous feelings and had felt some type of responsibility for the death of his friends and still felt that way until this
She writes to Amy Biehl's mother “ I am angry at all the grown-ups who made my son believe he was a hero, fighting for the nation, were he to do the things he heard them advocate, the deeds they praised” (199). She goes on to further confirm that the oppression is what lead Mxolisi to the murder and that by killing the oppressor it would lead to his liberation. She writes, “Your, daughter. The perfect atonement of her race. My son. The perfect host of the demons of his” (201). She then explains that her son killed her because of his race, that the “burning hatred for the oppressor possessed his being … The resentment of three hundred years plugged his ears” …show more content…
As a child he made friends with the boys that lived close to him, they often played with one and other. The day that the boys got into trouble and the police raided the house, Mxolisi not knowing, told the police officers where the boys were. After they were killed on site, Mxolisi went silent. When they took him to the sangoma she told Mxolisi that “You hold yourself and you are held responsible. This is evidence that Mxolisi had some type of remorse for what had happened. He did not talk for some time after. Once he began to speak again, his mother explains that as a result of this traumatic event in his childhood, you would have to kill Mxolisi before he told on anyone. From a young age he expressed regret and sadness, we can see by him not talking he had compassion, that he felt remorse. He had tremendous feelings and had felt some type of responsibility for the death of his friends and still felt that way until this