Little Thami, you'll go far... that little room of wonderful promises, where I used to feel so safe has become a place ! don't trust any more. Now I sit at my desk like an animal that has smelt danger, heard something moving in the bushes and knows it must be very, very careful. he 5 At the beginning of this year the Inspector of Bantu Schools in the Cape Midlands Region, Mr Dawid Grobbelaar makes us call him Oom Dawie came to give us Standard Tens his usual pep-talk. He does it every year. We know Oom Dawie well. He's been coming to Zolile for a long time. When 10 he walked into our classroom we all jumped up as usual but he didn't want any of that. "Sit, sit! I'm not a bloody sergeant major." Oom Dawie believes he knows how to talk to us. He loosened his tie, took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. It was a very hot day. 15 "Dis beter. Nou kan ons lekker gesels. Boys and girls or maybe I should say young men and young women now, because you are coming to the end of your time behind those desks... you are special! You are the elite! We have educated you because we want you to be major shareholders in the 20 future of this wonderful Republic of ours." 4.2.1 Act 1, Scene 61 Explain what Thami refers to in lines 1-3 ('Little Thami you'll ... trust any more'). 4.2.2 Refer to the extract as a whole. (2) (a) What tone would Thami use in this extract? (1) (b) Why would Thami use this tone in this extract? (1) 4.2.3 Refer to lines 3-5 ('Now I sit at... very, very careful'). Explain in your OWN words what these lines mean. (2) 4.2.4 4.2.5 In lines 12-13, Oom Dawie says, 'Sit, sit! I'm not a bloody sergeant major.'" If you were the director of this play what would you tell Oom Dawie to do when saying these lines? What is meant by 'you are coming... behind those desks' (lines 18-19)? (2) (1) ​



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