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        <title><![CDATA[Hally knows that focusing his essay on the local ballroom dancing...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hally knows that focusing his essay on the local ballroom dancing competition will anger his teacher.  That seems to suggest an overall racist atmosphere at his school (&amp; society).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:16:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Racism is manifested when hally asks sam and wille to call him master....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Racism is manifested when hally asks sam and wille to call him master. also when hally spit on sam ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:25:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is just a response to the previous answer, Hally\'s father may have...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is just a response to the previous answer, Hally\'s father may have been an alcoholic but he was not coming home from rehab he was in a hospital for illness, he was also a cripple. on page 33 of the play when Hally is on the phone with his mother he mentions telling his mother to lie to his father and tell him they need more exrays inorder to keep him in the hospital longer. Hally also tells his mother that his father will not get the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:07:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hally Fugard, the seventeen-year-old son in the story, has been raised...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hally Fugard, the seventeen-year-old son in the story, has been raised in the midst of apartheid South Africa. He's been taught that&nbsp;nonwhites are inferior. The two black men in his life, however, pose a conflict for Hally because they don't fit the racist beliefs Hally has been taught.&nbsp;One of them, Sam, has been a surrogate father&nbsp;to him, having to be there when his alcoholic father wasn't. Many times, we lash out at those we...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:17:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&nbsp;How does Fugard show racism in the play?&nbsp;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;How does Fugard show racism in the play?&nbsp;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:42:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The word &quot;father&quot; connotes many warm feelings in our culture,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The word &quot;father&quot; connotes many warm feelings in our culture, but the word also has come to signify above all else &quot;authority,&quot; and it is the issue of authority, whether by a parent or by of race, that the play calls into question. Indeed, the relationship between Sam and Hally at the beginning of the play is one of harmony and respect, symbolized by the possibilities of the ballroom dancing, where people must move...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:55:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[On the telephone Hally learns his father is coming home from the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On the telephone Hally learns his father is coming home from the
hospital that day, which follows a scene about Sam and ballroom
dancing, a metaphor for “a world without collisions” that Sam
envisions. This contrasts with Hally’s father, who has been
&nbsp;undergoing surgery resulting from the leg he lost during
WWII.In addition, Hally’s father is an alcoholic. As a young boy
Hally had been sent to escort his drunken father home. He...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:48:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hally's mood changes after speaking with his father. Sam has always...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hally's mood changes after speaking with his father. Sam has always acted as father towards Hally because Hally's own father is incapable of being a father to his son.&nbsp; After the conversation with his father Hally becomes angry at his father for not being a good father to him. However, the constraints of society prevent Hally from confronting his father with his anger and therefore, Hally takes out his frustration and anger towards his...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:39:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I believe that Hally's parents are unnamed because they are to represent...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I believe that Hally's parents are unnamed because they are to represent the average white family in pre-Apartheid society. They also represent the strong force that culture can play in a person's life. Sam and Willy are much more important to Hally in his day to day life than his parents.&nbsp; The fact that the two servants Sam and Willy are named gives them an importance.&nbsp; Usually, the names of the servants aren't important. That they...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:32:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Hally's mood change after the telephone conversation with his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did Hally's mood change after the telephone conversation with his father?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:22:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why didn't the author give Hally's parents names??]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why didn't the author give Hally's parents names??]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:03:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Extra scenes would be fairly easy to add. Since the play is marked by...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Extra scenes would be fairly easy to add. Since the play is marked by some much reflection on the past, with stories, you could add in any sort of memory that added emotional power to it. You could even add new characters, just in those new scenes. For example, Sam made that kite for Hally to give him something to look up to. A good scene would be to show Sam remembering how important that was for him, or how it fits with the stories told by...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:45:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does anyone have an idea of an alternate ending or an extra scene that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does anyone have an idea of an alternate ending or an extra scene that could be added to the play Master Harold...and the Boys?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:26:44 PST</pubDate>
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