Chapter 7 questions

Chapter 7-pg 118 end of train journey to 140

1.What did you think about Peekay’s reaction when he met his mother at the train station?

2.What were the author’s intentions when he wrote this part of the story?

3.What do you think Peekay meant by ’dropping his camouflage’ (pg 121)?

4.What do you think about a six year old boy being able to order about a couple of twelve

year old girls; Dum & Dee the servants?

Chapter 5 questions

1. What does Hoppie mean by "the head rules the heart" p75?
2. Try to explain the phrase "the salt of the Earth"p 78
3. How were you feeling about the character of Hoppie before he took Peekay to the Patel's store to change his 'tackies'? After the exchange in the shop between Hoppie and the Patel's, did your attitude change towards Hoppie? If so why?
4. When Hoppie is explaining to Peekay about the American boxer Joe Louis being negro (African American), and that they were black like the Africans, but not "stupid and dirty and ignorant" (pg 88), what does that suggest about the mentality of white South Africans at the time?
   

Peekay's Train Journey

A lot changes for Peekay in the short time between leaving the school with Mevrou and walking to Harry Crown's shop and then catching the train. He meets Hoppie and many other people.
Write a statement about what Peekay learns on his journey and about how his life changes in this short period of time.
Think critically about your statement and go beyond the literal statements in the book.