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WhenRainCloudsGather

ChapterNineQuestions

WhilewehavedevelopedasoundunderstandingofMakhayathroughoutthebook,itisinchapter
ninethatheisfullyrevealed.ChapterNinedealswithMakhayasperceptionsofalotoftheisms
ofthebook:tribalism,racism,feminism,colonialism,argriculturalismetc.Heis,inthischapter,
madefullytransparent,boththroughthenarrativepointofviewandthroughtheconversationshe
engagesin.IfweweretoacceptMakhayaasthevoiceofHead,chapternineiscrucialforusdoing
so.

1.Identifythealliterationinthefirstpage

2.ExplainwhyJulyissobeautifulinBotswana

3.ChapterNinefindsMakhayabecomingmoreandmorecomfortableinGolemaMmidi.Thisis
shownthroughhisreaddressingtheinternalconflicthefaces,ashisexternalconflictsaresolved.
Elaborateandexplaintheabovestatements.

4.Gilbertfeltthatyou_____________________________________________________________________________thathad
livedoff___________________________________________________forgenerations_________________________________
___________________________________overnight

5.ThewaythepeopleofGolemaMmidilivedoffsubsidencefarmingiscomparedtothewaythe
idlerichlive.Explainhowthisimagedoes/doesntmakesense.

6.VoiceshadtoberaisedinAfricatoo,andtheyhadtocomefrommenlikeMakhayawhodeeply
cravedabetterlife,notonlyforthemselvesbutforallthousandsofpeoplewhowalkedaround
withnoshoes.DoyouthinkHeadmayalsobetalkingaboutherselfandherpurposeforwriting
WhenRainCloudsGatherhere:Explain.

7.HerearesomegreatcharacterquotesforMakhaya:
Hisinnerlife_____________________________________________________________________________________conflict
thisinner__________________________________________________________________________________allbyhimself
hehadbeenborn__________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________continent

8.BessieHeadwrotethisin1967:
HehadseenitintheslumsofallthecitiesofSouthAfricawhereblackmenhadtoliveandhowaman
walkedoutofhishometobuyapacketofcigarettesandneverreturnedandhowhisseemingly
senselessmurdergaveabrieffeelingofmanhoodtoamanwhohadnone.Thousandsofmendiedthis
waytoboostupthemanhoodofamanlessman.
Someonefamouswrotethisin2004:
Ihaveseen,thedesperationanddisorderofthepowerless:howittwiststhelivesofchildrenonthe
streetsofJakartaorNairobiinmuchthesamewayasitdoesthelivesofchildrenonChicagosSouth
Side,hownarrowthepathisforthembetweenhumiliationanduntrammeledfury,howeasilytheyslip
intoviolenceanddespair.
Explain,indetail,whatideasthesequoteshaveincommon.

9._____________________toldthatdeadthingthatmanwasonlyhissexorgansandfunctionedassuch

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ChapterNineQuestionscontinued

10.ItwastoamazeMakhayaafterallthisthatanoldwomaninthevillageofGoemaMmidi,
namedMmaMillipede,wastorelievehis_________________________________________________________________

11.Whatisthesignificanceofthebiblicalreferenceinchapternine?

12.IamMakhaya,the____________________________________

13.HomeworkInourculture,whatdoestheblackdogreferto?

14.shewas_________________________________,butshehadlivedallherlifeinsidethisblackskinwitha
________________________________________________________________

15.WhatistheonethingMmaMillipedethinksMakhayamustlearn?Whyisthissodifficultfor
him.

16.MakhayacallsMatengefourthings,theseare:____________,_____________,____________&____________.

17.Hehadntexpectedanyonetotellhimthatgenerosity_________________________________________real

18.Makhayahatedthewhitemanwithapowerful_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

19.InMakhayasopinionChristianityenabledthewhitemantodowhatandwhy

20.WhatwasironicaboutMakhayausingdynamiteinGolemaMmidi?

21.MakhayaconfrontedPaulinasgenderexpectationsbydoingandsayingwhat?

22.happinesswas______________________________________________________

23.WhatisMakhayaimplyingwiththefollowingstatement:Welltalkaboutrelativessome
otherday,

24.How/whyisthisstatementsurprisinghewasforcingfriendshipandunderstandingonher
becauseheneededthisinawomanmorethanheneededanythingelse.

25.povertyislike_______________

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