Question 2 1. The speech of one of the two characters below shows racist world view the other shows humanism or UBUNTU. Link each speaker with a view of the world. Bamjee said, "isn't it enough that you've got the Indians' troubles on your back?" Mrs Bamjee said, with a smile that showed the gap of a missing tooth but was confident all the same, " What's the difference, Yusuf? We've all got the same troubles." [4 2. Describe what comes " hidden in a wash-basket in a black man's taxi," and tell exactly what it is used for. [1] 3. Does Bamjee share his wife's interest in politics? Motivate your answer. [21 4. Explain how the family in the story came to be composed of nine Bamjee and Pahad children' [2]​

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”