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Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 12 April 1988) Biography He was a South African author and anti-apartheid

id activist. Paton earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Natal and a diploma of Education. He wor ed as a teacher and married !ories "usted. After his wife#s death he wrote $%onta ion for your departure& documenting their life together' it was pu(lished in )*+*. He served as a Principal of a ,eformatory for -oung .African Blac / offenders' introducing controversial reforms to a progressive slant.
After pu(lishing multiple (oo s in )*01' Paton was moved from lower class to middle2upper class. 3n a trip across the world he met the editor 4a5well Per ins who guided Paton#s first pu(lication with Scriner. 3n )*67' after the pu(lication of his seminal novel $8ry' 9he (eloved 8ountry&' he founded the "i(eral Party of South Africa' which fought again the National Party. 3n )*+1' Paton was legally (ound to stay in his country for ten years. He retired to Botha:s Hill' where he resided until his death. He is honored at the Hall of the ;reedom of the "i(eral 3nternational <rgani=ation. 4ost of Paton wor s deal with racial themes' (uilding on parallel life stories' letters' speeches' news' and mi5ed fictional and real-life characters. He also wrote (iographies and two auto(iographies where he included many poems.

The Tittle: A drink in the passage


9his tittle raises the main scenario of the novel' where the whole sym(olism of this tail is produced. A (lac man and a white man sharing a drin in a white people hotel' trying to avoid all their social and racial pre>udices' trying to (e themselves in a (lind world where the s in seems to (e more important than the soul. A life lesson that ma es a man reali=e a(out a different world' a different way of thin ing. Settle of the Novel Apartheid South Africa in 1960? 9he Anti-Apartheid 4ovement .AA4/ was founded in )*+1 to campaign for the eradication of apartheid struggling against the apartheid system. !uring the )*71s groups in Europe formed the "iaison @roup of National AA4s in the European 8ommunity in order to lo((y the European Parliament and 8ouncil of 4inisters. 9he AA4As campaigning wor covered a wide range of areas. 9he efforts to isolate apartheid South Africa were pursued through lo((ying for (oycotts of sporting' cultural and academic contacts and for the cessation of military and nuclear lin s. 8ampaigning on (ehalf of Nelson 4andela (egan at the ,ivonia trial and was reinvigorated from the time of his +1th (irthday in )*B7 until his release in ;e(ruary )**1. ;ollowing the first democratic elections in South Africa in April )**6 an e5traordinary general meeting of the AA4 decided to dissolve the 4ovement and create a successor organi=ation to promote peace and development in the Southern African region. 9he scenario of the tale is introduced in an interview to a sculptor who retells a personal e5perience in the South African 8ity. At this time the center of the city was prohi(ited for (lac people' they >ust could stay there for wor ' leaving it at a specific hour. 9he sculptor nows a white man who invited him for a drin ' (randy' and they share this drin in a passage of a department. 9his random e5perience allows our character reali=e that not all the white men share the discrimination (ehavior or feelingC against their pre>udices and the whole society pre>udices these men have the same wishes of freedom.

Plot
3n the short story DA !rin in the Passage'D set in South Africa' the author Alan Paton tells of a (lac sculptor' Simelane' who is responsi(le for the creation of an award-winning piece' $African 4other and 8hild&. 9he racial pre>udices against (lac people do not allow Simelane to receive the price in a pu(lic presentation. As Simelane loo s at the piece late one night while it is on display in a (oo store window' he is >oined (y a young white man' van ,ens(urg' who stri es up a conversation with him. An underlying issue in their discussion is the segregation of their two races. 9wo caring individuals who try to personally connect with each other attempt to (rea through the racial (arrier that they have (een (rought up to live

(y. Paton highlights the menAs attempts to connect (y his use of italics. He also uses (oth SimelaneAs winning the award and the events of the story to illustrate a turning point in South African society.D Subject Matter 9he author' as in most of their writings' deals with ,acial 8onflicts against Blac African People. Themes Politics Human Behavior - Society - Humanity - Pre>udices - ;amily - ;reedom

Characters $3& E 9he sculptor? Simelane' a young (lac man' well-educated. Fan ,ens(urg? a young white man who share feelings of freedom and eGuality for (lac people.

Point of ie!
9he mode esta(lished (y the author' how the reader is presented with the characters' dialogues' actions' setting' and events which constitute the narrative in this wor of fiction is $9he first person point of Fiew&. 9his narrative mode limits the matter of the narrative to what the first-person narrator nows' e5periences' infers' or can find out (y tal ing to other characters.

Atmosphere and Tone 9he dominant emotion which pervade is reflective' warning. $3n <rlando you developed a throat of iron and you >ust put (ac your head and pour it down' in case the police should arrive.& $Hell honestly 3 didn#t feel li e a drin at that time of night' with a white stranger and all' and a train still to catch to <rlando.&

3t is possi(le to o(serve how tones differ across the events' mainly at the end of the story? 3ronic ;riendly - ,eflective - ,eminiscing - 8old' indifferent - Sincere

The use of "anguage 9his story is presented in a narration of a man life e5perience? 9he author ma e use of ;lash(ac s' narratives or scenes which represent events that happened (efore the time at which the wor opened. ;igurative speech is also used? Iyou developed a throat of iron..& $Ihe was li e a man trying to run a race in iron shoes' and not understanding why he cannot move.

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