Master Harold … and the Boys | Characters
Hally
Seventeen-year old Hally. the white son of the owners of the St. George's Park Tea Room, is the "Master Harold" of the title. Hally appears devoted to Sam. one of two black waiters employed by his family's business. The young man takes great pride in "educating" Sam through brief recapitulations of lessons learned from books and in the classroom. But, in reality, it has been Sam who has been "educating'' the young man, teaching him the ways of the world. Hally, however, has been affected by both the South African apartheid society of the late 1950s, which has taught him to...
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