Friday, March 27, 2015
Predictions for James Jarvis
When we first meet James Jarvis he is not very progressive with his thoughts to natives. He is not extremely racist but does not want them to become equal to whites. But, when he visits Johannesburg his opinion begins to change and after reading some of his sons writing pieces he understands what his son was trying to stay. My prediction is that James Jarvis is going to take the place of Arthur Jarvis for advocating for equal native rights. This is because James does not seem to be angry at father Kumalo and did not seem to pleased that Absolom got the death penalty. He would be a great model for equal native rights because he has shown a great amount of forgiveness and has not let one incident cloud his judgement on what is right for the natives. Also he is a respected white man and to win equal rights for black people there has to be a white man leading the charge because racist Europeans would still listen to James. In conclusion I think that James Jarvis will turn this tragedy into a great thing for the natives.
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Ryan, this really intriguing especially because the thought of Jarvis changing this way would mean his ideology would make 180 degree change. This leads me to question what he do with his farm and how he would treat the people that worked for him in the future. Also, I just wrote a blog post that might support this prediction (my blogpost is a prediction as well). This is really interesting and I hope that as we read, we find it to be true.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting prediction you have for Mr. Jarvis. Even though he is helping the natives in Ndotsheni, I don't think that it shows that he is willing to advocate for their rights. I think reading his son's writings have definitely opened his mind to the native's struggles, but I think his sudden generous behavior is to alleviate any guilt he sustained from realizing his underlying bigotry.
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