Another Part of the Sky (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nadine Gordimer
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1940's
- Setting: Rural South Africa
- Principal Characters: Collins, His wife, Ngubane, The boy
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Prisons, Racism, Blacks, Crime or criminals, 1940’s, Christianity, Reformatories, South Africa or South Africans, Juvenile delinquency, Apartheid
- Locales: South Africa
The Story
The protagonist walks across a compound to his house, considering the appearance of the place for which he is largely responsible. He is Collins, the idealistic white principal of a reformatory for young African men. When he first arrived there, it was surrounded by high walls topped with jagged pieces of glass. Now the walls are gone and the grounds are marked with edged pathways and flower beds. He has had playing fields built and musical instruments brought in, and he has given the inmates more freedom.
The newspapers call Collins “the man who pulled down...
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