The Train from Rhodesia

"Train from Rhodesia" is a train from a short story written by Rhodesia, Nadine Go Dimmer during a short stay in a poor African village. The story involves a young couple who is interested in a lion in which a young woman is engraved, an old locale must sell, but insists that the price is too high. Her husband later negotiated with the old man and got a lion at an unreasonably cheap price. It made his wife feel lonely and confused about this complex racist society.

In such a short story, if you want to clearly present the theme of the story, you need to select images and symbols carefully and use them effectively. In "Train from Rhodesia", the train itself is the most obvious symbol. The train came from the privileged British colonies of Rhodesia, Republic of South Africa, hence the symbolism of British colonialism. "There are lots of train stations on trick or treat, convulsions, fighting, gasping, trains," the train station is full, "Gordemer told the view that British rule is like a huge, mechanical, unhealthy and arrogant beast . The train was just a short stay, and a few people came in and out of the bus, which further symbolized the inner indifference and the lack of understanding of British imperialism. The train moves along a "single linear trajectory" and highlights the "view of the tunnel" of the dominant force. That old man and his poor neighbor were coincidental; the train was on his way to another British outpost.

One of the early stories of Godima "Train from Rhodesia" focused on young couples getting on a train to stop at a rural station. The young lady was very interested in the carved lion, the older black men had to sell, but insisted that the price was too high. Her husband negotiated with the seller and got sculptures at unreasonably cheap prices. And he made his wife isolated and isolated. At first, this story does not seem to solve South Africa's unique ethnic problems - after all, oppressed and poor people are using the world. However, in general humiliation of elderly blacks and young white women, inequality is penetrating the society of South Africa. Godimar explained this relationship in an interview. A young woman said, "Because I am caught up in such a situation, I am watching my husband and girlfriend disappoint."

In the train from Rhodesia, the train stopped briefly in a poor African village for a short time highlighted the ethnic and class barriers of the typical life in South Africa in the 1950s. Although there are only a few pages, the story of Gordimer includes several themes in addition to race discrimination, such as greed, poverty, conscience. In South Africa, the legal separation of apartheid and race became law in 1947. Godimar does not need to mention the race of the character in the story. The readers of the 1950s realized that the "ancient natives" were black and wealthy tourists were white. Among the badly divided societies, Gordimer wrote an example of the interaction between the two races. And, I revealed the attitude of Caucasian and their dependence on Caucasian against virtual black slavery of blacks and blacks. In addition, Caucasians are not indigenous people in this country; trains froze before and after departure, just as passengers in the train are simply "village" tourists ".