Extra Credit

Paton characterized the gender differently by describing the clothing of men and women. Kumalo was on a carriage and saw women in "strange assortments of European garments, some with blankets over their strange assortment, some with blankets over the semi-nudity of their primitive dress, though these were all women. Men travelled no longer in primitive dress."(p.43) The women still hold their customs, while the men are not. The effect of this difference is that women follow the old customs, and take care of the children, cooking, farming, and obey their husband; and the men are not following the old customs because they have to work in city. They are the man of the house, they have to earn money; no white men is going to hire them if they're in their primitive dress and dancing their traditional dance. I think the difference is fair because man is the leader of the family and they have to have a job to take care of the whole family; the women's job is to be a mom, and take care of the children and do other chores. Then there's different characterization of gender in Johannesburg. This gender's characterization is the antithesis of the the gender's characterization in the country. Paton describes gender differently by conveying to the reader that women in Johannesburg have jobs, too. But, the jobs are bad. Msimangu and Kumalo was going to Claremont to look for Gertrude and Msimangu tells Kumalo that "this is bad liquor here, made strong with all manner of things that our people have never used. And that is her work, she makes and sells it. I shall hide nothing from you, though it is painful for me. These women sleep with any man for their price."(p.53) Women going to city become a prostitute and they make and sell illegal liquor. Men become bad guys and stop working because they are having fun with girls and gambling. The effect of this is men become criminals instead of becoming good workers, who would send money home to their family; women on the other hand try to earn money, but they don't have a decent job, instead they have a sinful job, which are prostitute and making and selling liquor. The is difference is not fair, since the women have to work, and the men don't want to work. The women lost their chastity and men get their name on criminal record.