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Both short stories ‘Crackling Day’ and ‘Sixpence’ deal with the subject of physical assault. ... ‘Crackling Day’ in the winter months of South Africa, and ‘Sixpence’ in the author’s home country of New Zealand. In this essay I will analyse the stories to identify any similarities between the way the two stories meet the subject.
‘Crackling Day’ deals with two unrelated aspects of physical assault. ... The narrator of this story, and Dicky, the victim in ‘Sixpence’ both behave in a harmless/ just way from their own understanding, but their behaviour is unacceptable to some of the people in their surroundings. ... Similar characteristics are conveyed between Dicky and ‘Crackling Day’s narrator in the stories, through different events. The endings of both are similar in the scenes of physical assault from a parent/ guardian.
The narrator of ‘Crackling Day’ and his friend Andries express a number of enemies in the story. ... This is evinced at the scene of him buying the crackling, and the explosion of rage when one of the white bullies throws an insult at Lee’s father. ... The narrator of ‘Crackling Day’ seems to be much more angry than his friend Andries, who is probably used to the degrading comments and deals with the situation by running, and pulling his friend along, because he knows the consequences of answering back to a white boy.
When Lee buys the crackling, he rebelliously doesn’t address the white man as blacks were ordered and accustomed to in South Africa. The ‘sixpence crackling please, baas’ only comes after several thrusts in the ribs from his friend Andries. ...
‘Crackling Day’ is written in the 1st person narrative. This makes it easier to see the narrator’s character and behaviour than Dicky’s in ‘Sixpence’, which is written in the 3rd person. ...
The boys in both the stories cause a stir, but don’t really see anything wrong about how they behave like the people around them do, - the whites in ‘Crackling Day’, Andries, Dicky’s mother and sisters.
Approximate Word count = 1559
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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