Wednesday 9/4 page: 44“The journey had begun. And now the fear comes again, the fear of the unknown,” From the passage in which this quote is found, the reader can speculate that through this novel Stephen Kumalo could become an epic hero. One might foreshadow his role as a hero in particular because of the description of Johannesburg as "the big city where the boys were killed while crossing the street" (44). To be an epic hero, a character must face an event that leads to an adventure or quest, the hero must prove himself many times and is rewarded after the journey. Stephen has many of these qualities, for example one event that leads to the quest is his sister's sudden illness. Another example is how the hero has to prove his worth many times would be similar to when Stephen found his sister and then started looking for his son and continued searching despite the fact that no one knew his exact location. Furthermore, the reward Stephen receives at the end of the novel would be a grandchild. Thursday 4/10 page: 71"And Kumalo followed him silently, oppressed by the grave and dark words"This quote foreshadows Absolam becoming corrupt and being executed. Absolam's corruption, or the voice he heard telling him to go to Arthur Jarvis' house, occurred after Absolam fell in love with his girlfriend/boyfriend and got a job. Absolam's corruption, probably caused by love and money, is foreshadowed when Msimangu said: “When he gets them [power and money], he enjoys power and money. Now he can gratify his lusts…and because our desire is corrupt, we are corrupt, and power has no heart in it” (70). Absolam's execution for the murder of Arthur Jarvis is also foreshadowed when the author chose to use the words 'grave' and 'dark' for... in the center of the card... the sun shines a light on the mountains. of Ingeli and eastern Grigualand. The great valley of Umzimkulu is still in darkness, but the light will come there. “This passage not only uses imagery to show the idea of ​​sunrise in the valley, but follows the theme of describing landscapes begun in the first chapter, “there is a beautiful road going from Ixopo towards the hills. These hills are grassy and rolling, and are lovely beyond belief” (34). Although these two passages describe the morning, they are very different because the passage at the beginning of the book describes a brighter and happier morning through the use of words such as singing while the end of the book describes a darker and more gloomy morning “ But when the dawn of our emancipation from the fear of slavery and the bondage of fear will come, for this will be a secret?” (312).