Detailed chapter summaries and character sketches of part one (chapters 1-22) of the novel Hoopvol by Derick van der Walt in English and Afrikaans for the IEB matric syllabus. | Gedetailleerde hoofstuk opsommings en karaktersketse van deel een (hoofstukke 1-22) van die roman Hoopvol deur Derick van...
Hoopvol deur Derick van der Walt
Deel 1
Tema: Hopeloos Theme: Hopeless
geen hoop nie not hope
karakters is vasgevang characters are trapped
in hulle agtergrond, geskiedenis in their background, history
in klein Karoo-dorpie in small Karoo town
met ironiese naam: Hoopvol with ironic name: Hoopvol
bitter min van jong mense ontsnap Hoopvol very few young people escape Hoopvol
daar is min werkgeleenthede there are few jobs
gedoem om op Hoopvol in armoede te bly doomed to stay Hoopvol in poverty
soos hulle ouers as their parents
geen ontspanning nie no recreation
behalwe miskien in kroeg in Rose and Crown except perhaps in pub in Rose and Crown
plaaslike hotel local hotel
bitter en negatiewe Tannie Lettie regeer bitter and negative Aunt Lettie rule
naaste groot dorp = Beaufort-Wes nearest major town = Beaufort West
vertel twee aparte stories tell separate stories
in Deel 2 skokkend asook ironies ‘hoopvol’ in Part 2 come together shockingly and
bymekaar kom ironically 'hopeful'
elke hoofstuk word afgewissel tussen Nathalie en each chapter alternating between Nathalie and
Ben Ben
Karakters
Nathalie Nathalie
18 jaar oud 18 year old
ontvangsdame by Rose and Crown receptionist at Rose and Crown
het vorige jaar matriek voltooi completed last year matric
hunker daarna om Hoopvol te verlaat & elders ʼn longs to leave Hoopvol & elsewhere to start a
nuwe lewe te begin new life
Bobby Bobby
was aan dwelms verslaaf (was ʼn was to drug addicted (was a drug addict)
dwelmsverslaafde) rehabilitated at Noupoort
is by Noupoort gerehabiliteer delivery man in Hoopvol
afleweringsjonge in Hoopvol attractive
aantreklike Nathalie become hopelessly in love with him
Nathalie raak hopeloos verlief op hom Love
Liefie coloured bosom friend of Nathalie
kleurling boesemvriendin van Nathalie former schoolmate
oud-skoolmaat risked slightly
is effens gewaag can be quite drink
kan nogal drink Also working in Rose and Crown's kitchen
werk ook in Rose and Crown se kombuis is owner of Rose and Crown after Lettie's death
word eienaar van Rose and Crown na Lettie se Miss Laetitia September
dood Mayor Hoopvol
Juf. Laetitia September first coloured person who holds the position
burgemeester van Hoopvol Nathalie sometimes work with her
eerste bruin persoon wat die posisie beklee they eventually friends
Nathalie werk soms by haar ambitious but unlucky
hulle word mettertyd vriende aunt Lettie
Rea’s 2016 Notes | Page 1
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