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ASEM - JAN VERMEULENTheme: revenge (wraak) and addiction (verslawing)
CHARACTERS
Characters Summary
Barries Barnard - Wants to kill his dad with rat poison (rottegif)
Main character - He smokes (rook) weed
(hoofkarakter) - Careless (soregeloos)
- Lives in a flat (woonstel) with his mom
- He lives in Houghton (in Joburg)
- 16 years old
- Disrespectful to his mom
- persistent and impulsive towards Lizette
- Long distance athlete (langafstrand atleet)
- Plays guitar (kitaalspeler)
- First team cricket (eerste span krieket)
- Troublemaker at school (moeilikheid)
- His eyes are bright blue (grysblou)
- Dark brown hair, shaved off (geskeer)
- Slim face (maer gesig)
- Has chess, cricket and long distance awards
- Passions = writing songs and playing the guitar
Lizette Kleyns - Dark brown eyes
Barrie’s lover
Theo De Kock - More good looking (aantrekliker) than his brother
Floris’s brother - Older by 1 year
- Tan skin (bruin-gebrande)
- Muscular
- Has his own car, Lime green Opel Kadett
- Blonde hair
- Flirts (flankeer) with Vera
Floris De Kock - Habit (gewoonte) = his eyes blink quickly (vinnig te knip) when he’s serious (ernstig)
Theo’s brother - Problem child (Probleemvel)
- Face covered in pimples (puisies)
- Blonde hair
Paul Barnard - Hit his son with a belt buckle
Barrie’s dad - Drunk (dronk) alot
- He left (weggeloop)
- Is an alcoholic (alkie)
- Got married again but is now divorced
- He paints and creates sculptures
- He is an engineer (ingenieurswese)
- Inherited (geerf) the money from his father to pay for the farm
- Lives in (oos-kaap) on a farm in Cape St. Francis next to the sea
- Stef is his childhood friend (jeugvriend)
- His car: Dubbelkajuitbakkie
- Always calm and in control (beheer) of his emotions
Vera Nel - Was married to Paul
, Barrie’s mom
Charles De Kock - A lawyer (prokureur)
Theo and Floris’s dad
Nicolene (Nico) Schreuder - Sergeant (sersant) Schreuder is staying overnight at the farm
Police sergeant - She has blonde hair up to her shoulders (skouers)
- 24 years old
- Engaged to a financial advisor (makelaar)
- Parents stay in Randburg
- Has amber brown eyes and freckles (sproetjies)
Stef - Childhood friend (jeugvriend) of Paul
Olga’s boyfriend - An untidy (slogsige) bearded (bebaarde) man
- Owns a very noisy (oorverdowende) faded (verbleikte) red beach buggy
Olga - Red blonde hair (rooi blonde hare)
Stef’s girlfriend - Has bottle green eyes (bottelgroen oe)
- Belly ring (naeltjiering)
- 23 years old
Dokter Gretha Hakinin - thin blonde hair (skraal blondekop) with suncream (sonskyn) in her hair
The vet (veerarts) - light transfluencent, powder blue eyes (ligste deurskynend poeier blou)
WOORDESKAT
Genesing - healing Roekeloos - carless Aangegee - report
Vryheid - freedom Manipulerend - manipulative Skeep af - neglecting
Verslawing - addiction Moedswillig - on purpose Ernstig - serious
Gewoonte - habit Kan nie wag nie - impatient Nugter - sober
Bloos - blush Impulsive - impulsief Beledig - insult
Ondankbaar - ungrateful Daggerokery - smoking weed Omgery - accident
Nooiensvan - mom’s maiden name Flankeer - flirt Ingevoerde - imported
Supermoedswillig - reckless, Verskonings - excuses Buskaartje - bus ticket
persistent Blameer - blame Vernedering - humiliation
Onskuldige - innocent Skuld - fault Ongerief - discomfort
Skuld - fault Gesindheid - approach, attitude Kibbel - hesitation
Ontrekkings Simptome - withdrawal Mishandel - abuse (belt) Waarheid - truth
symptoms Gevaarlike - dangerous Alcoholic - suiplag
Kamtige - pretend Ongerief - inconvenience Food poisoning - voedselvergiftiging
Verwyte - tension/grudges Interdik - restraining order
CHAPTER 1
- Blue black Gibson guitar (Blou swart Gibson Kitaar)
- Set in Barries bedroom
- Clothes all other the floor, as well as his lunchbox (kosblik), pencil case (penne sakkie)
and his books (boeke)
- Planning to kill his father with rat poison (rottegif)
- Reveals he was hit with a belt buckle at 5 years old
- Father left when he was 5 years old, hasn’t received any contact or celebration cards
- Barrie’s dad wants to suddenly see him after 11 years
- Barrie’s birthday (turning 17)
- Impulsive and persistent towards getting intimate with Lizette
- Smokes weed
- Is a long distance runner, makes excuses about not running anymore (has asthma, sore
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