Summary Grade 12 English First Additional Language Short Story - Class Act (5)
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English First Additional Language
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12th Grade
This Summary is a well structured summary of the short story Class Act. The Summary consists in the form of a mind map and explains what happens in the story, who all the characters are, what their personality trait marks are and also the main points in the short story and more.... The summary is d...
“Class act” refers to an excellent performance, or Sad A gloomy and depressed tone
someone whose performance is extra-ordinary Emotional The narrator begings the story with a strong word
Also refers to someone who is generally well-mannered depressing statement.
Title is linked to “Sister act the movie” because of the
long tunic and because they call her Sister Mary Clarence
Summary:
Characters:
Set in Eastern Cape in the early 1990’s
1. The narrator=
narrated in first person by a 12 year old girl who has
just started high school Class Act 12 year old girl who cannot fit in a high school
because of the length of her tunic
she is subjected to teasing because of her appearance
She struggles with bullying coming from her
the pressure she feels makes het to hate school
fellow schoolmates
she is to young to defend herself
She does not have a voice at home and they
she tries to adopt in order to survive and get by
decide what is good for her
she finds it difficult to make friends
2. Ayanda=
Mr., Sauls, het English teacher, cannot control his own
She is friendly to her sister
class and that gives Renato an opportunity to bully Themes: She understands her sister’s problems and
new learners
assist in trying to solve them
he makes them stand in front of class to inspect their 1. Bullying=
She fixes the tunic but unwittingly adds to the
uniform Narrator is continuously teased by her schoolmates
narrator’s problems
he calls her Sister Mar Clarence because of her long Her bullying is not physical, but it kills her spirit
uniform (one of the nuns in the movie Sister Act) A class repeater (Renato) starts this bullying by making 3. Mr. Sauls=
she does not report the bullying to her mother and her her stand in front of class He is a new English teacher
aunt, but fights the demons alone and all by herself He cannot cpontrole his class
2. Identity, Acceptance and Appearance=
she looks up to her elder sister (Ayanda) who has Narrator faces a difficult time because of her appearance 4. Aunt Connie=
finished school She does not feel accepted by her fellow classmates She accuses the narrator of being angry when
the adults contribute to her suffering by ignoring her She accepts the identity given to her and does not she is not
request to have the tunic shortened, Firstly her aunt challenge it She seems to push the narrator around the
cannot do it because there is no cotton thread house
3. Conflict=
matching the tunic, then it is her mother, who cannot Narrator has to go to school even though se hates it 5. Khanysia=
find time to do it. (Inner conflict) She is a pompous girl who looks upon the
Narrator finally tells het sister about the taunts Narrator has a problem of being teased by other learners narrator
The tunic is adjusted or shortened, but she is then There are 2 learners that make life difficult for her 6. Renato=
teased for the thick hem and white cotton thread A girl who looks down on her and a boy who constantly He is a bully who does not care about the narrator’s
She is further ridiculed because of the color of her teases her about everything( External conflict) feelings
underwear as well as her black knees 4. Helplessness= He always taunts her by calling her names.
The renewed bullying makes her feel she is better off She is bullied at school and is too young to fight back
called Sister Mary Clarence. She cannot report her problems to her mother who is
always busy
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