...Dukwane’s Deliverance Being different from other people, is never easy. When the color of your skin is what makes you different from other people at your age, it is especially aggravating. However, what defines being different? Is it the pigmentation of your skin, which makes a person different? Don’t we all stand out in some way? When you look across skin color, culture, socioeconomic status, there is one thing that we all have in common, and that is the fact, that we all have dreams. Fulfilling a dream certainly requires hard work and passion, but even that might not be enough. However, it is one place to start. In the short story “Dukwane’s Deliverance” by Neil Ramsorrun, 2010, the main character Dukwane dreams of becoming a politician: someone bigger than Barack Obama. Dukwane is black and lives in the London area where people in his environment have a racist way of thinking. Because of the opportunities and different career options education can provide, he is excited about his admission to the King’s College at Cambrigde University. One night walking back from work, some young aggressors assault Dukwane, beating him badly. This results in Dukwane ending up in the hospital, with risk of not being able to walk again. This puts Dukwane in a dilemma: either he can keep trying to make his dream become a reality or he can choose to get revenge. An omniscient narrator tells the story, giving a clear picture of Dukwan and his surroundings. Dukwane lives in Camden with his...
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...Dukwane’s Deliverance Made by Christian Bahnsen 2.x Rigtigt fint indledende afsnit, særligt første halvdel Rigtigt fint indledende afsnit, særligt første halvdel Titler skrives i kursiv Titler skrives i kursiv For some people being different from others, is not always an atrocious thing. It could also mean to be capable of doing something someone else would never have done, to have a vision of becoming something that expands beyond your social environment. However, it can absolutely be difficult to accomplish this dream and there is a chance that you can meet different obstacles that you need to conquer. Deliverance could with no doubt be the answer. “Dukwanes Deliverance” illustrate[s] this problem, by [when] the black teenager, Dukwane, sadly loses his ability to walk, while he wishes on attending [for acceptance to] Cambridge University. He has to handle the actuality, that he is black skin colored [= colored], and lives in a country where most of the population are [is] white and despite that [on top of that/in addition to that], he is paralyzed as well. The main theme in this story are [is] mirrored in this battle with difficulties, and grants you the point, that you never should quit the [your] dreams of you. The lead [main] character, Dukwane, is a black colored [black or colored] teenager who lives in Camden, London with his mother and father. His family are what you could call poor because they are not specifically wealthy, which Dukwane[‘]s job indicates....
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...Dukwane’s Deliverance ”Dukwanes’s Delivarance” is written by Neil Ramsorrun in 2010. The short story is a about Dukwane who just received a letter from Cambridge university clarifying that he has got in. With his endless happiness that he just have things become more dramatic when a group of youngsters all of sudden attacks him on his way home from work. He is now in the hospital with series of bad injuries and doctors telling him that he might not be able to walk again. Dukwane is a black boy with a big determination to be someone great or to be a part of something greater comparing himself to Barack. “Then you’d better get used to the taste of that. If Barack can do it, so can I.” (p.8 l.24). By comparing himself to Barack who is in fact a black person we get the perception of Dukwane being a black person. He also uses it as a sort of motivator because even though there are not many great black men there still are some who manage to get to the top. Before Dukwane begins to open and read the letter his mother tells him that it is not going to be the end of the world if he does not get in (p.8 l.14). Again a sign of Dukwane’s determination and how his own expectations of himself is bigger than his parents. When Dukwane is having a conversation with his father he sees him sitting in a certain way that apparently makes him sad. “They smiled at each other. As he looked at his father sat there, his button open and exposing his belly overhanging his trousers, he felt a sense...
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...Dukwane’s Deliverance Neil Ramsorrun has written the short story “Dukwane’s Deliverance”, and he has written the short story as a 3rd person restricted narrator. Dukwane, a black boy living in Camden, London is the main character. Dukwane is a gifted young man and has the possession to do brilliant things with his life. His highest ambition is to become a politician just like his role model Barack Obama. To Dukwane’s delight, he received a letter that confirms his admittance into Cambridge University. Dukwane was seen as a boy who always did the right thing and had the guts to do that. Therefore, he did as expected on a late evening where he accidently ran into a boy who were being chased by a gang of four. Dukwane managed to protect the boy although not without consequences. He managed to grab a stab in the process of the saving and was wounded badly. In Camden, the environment is very rough, the residents should not walk some specific places such as the canal during night-time, unless it is needed due to gangs who see the streets as “theirs” and see you as a trespasser. “Be careful that you don’t go by the canal, it’ll be dark soon.” (Line 33). On the assumption that you do not mind your own business in Camden, you will eventually regret it. After the incident Dukwane becomes apprehensive by the thought that he will stand out among all the white and rich people that the university usually composes, “how many black kids in wheelchairs do you think there are at King’s? (Line...
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...The short story Dukwane's Deliverance is from 2010, written by Neil Ramsorrun. The short story is about a young black man, around the 18 years maybe a few years more, who gets accepted to King's College, Cambridge University, and he is living in London. Dukwane wants to study then get involve with politics, just like Barack Obama. One night his whole life changed, he gets stabbed by a gang, with a knife, and that result in that he would never walk again. His friend, Jermaine, comes up with the idea to get revenge on the people who did this to him, and Dukwane thought it was tempting, he was so angry at them, but he knew it was wrong. He had some sort of a hallucination, and imagined that he was talking with Obama himself. That made him realize that just because he can't walk, doesn't it mean that he can't follow his dreams. The main theme in the text is to never give up on your dreams, even when there is something in the way. The short story happens over short time, over a few days I would believe. The story starts to be at his home, where he gets the letter from King's college, then at his work, and when he gets off his job, he works home in the dark but had to drop by the grocery store and that is where he meet the gang, saves the boy and gets stabbed. He wakes up at the hospital and that is where the story ends. It starts out with him being happy about being accepted into uni, and his mood drops the longer you get into the story, but it ends with him being determined to...
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...Dukwane's Deliverance Dukwane is a gifted young man with a dream of doing great things in life. His future looks as bright as ever when he receives the letter that confirms his admittance into Cambridge University. That dream is shattered when he comes face to face with a bunch of bullies trying to murder an innocent boy. He manages to protect the boy though not without consequence. He manages to get stabbed in the process, and is maybe not able to walk ever again, he still perseveres though his ordeals from that moment on is going to be many. His legs may not be working anymore, but he sure is not going to let that get him down. Dukwane is desperate to get in to Cambridge University, and he is fixed on becoming as great a man as his role model Barack Obama. He knows that there is a big chance that he will stand out among all the white and rich people that the university usually composes of. His ethnicity doesn't get him down usually, but when he look at his parents and how they choose or ended up living their life, he gets sad because he thinks that is how he will end up if he doesn't do his best at everything. It is not unusual for kids with unsuccessful parents to want to be better than the previous generation, especially children with another ethnic background. Their parents may not have been rich and had a hard time finding work, so they ended up living in a poor area and are now unable to leave because of the lack of education. Dukwane wants to leave this area...
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