Mine Boy by Peter Abrhams

Mine Boy by mother fucker Abrhams certainly demonstrates the effects of imposing imperialism, and capitalism on a peculiar(a) society. In this novel Xuma the protagonists has somewhat of an awakening. He goes from being an ignorant and inexperienced person boy to a radical and brave man, once he realizes the tinge of the foreign influence on his fellow citizens. South Africans were being crush and forced to live a life in which there were elfin to no choices. Many of them accommodated this influence by integrating themselves with their oppressors to be accepted. nearly led a life of self destruction by comely alcoholics or even engaging in illicit activity. Some same(p) Xuma became angry radicals. Abraham shows the characters frustrations with the capitalist system that was enforced on them. There were a few(prenominal) job opportunities, therefore leaving them with al closely no options. Working in the mine was not a desired job and neither were most of the other occupation s available, which led them to pursue alternative paths for income. The paths many characters took were paths that led to crowning(prenominal) destruction and chaos, however these were the unfortunate consequences of imperialism and imposed systems.There is also prodigious mental destruction on the characters that is a direct result of the apartheid and imperialism which takes place. For font Eliza, she struggles with a sense of identity. This is a typical result of being ladened. The oppressed begin to believe what their oppressors claim they are and proclaim about them. The oppressed in this case Eliza, begin to identify both with their oppressors as rise up as the others in her own group. This causes a great deal of encroach and confusion within the individual and socially as well.