Racial Segregation In 'Master Harold And The Boys'

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Racial segregation. What is it to you? To many people they think of the isolation of one or more racial groups in a specific location. In the play Master Harold… and the Boys, Apartheid is portrayed. Hally, Sam, and Willie live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1950. Hally is a white prep school boy, who is seventeen. Willie and Sam are black, and work in The Tea Room, Hally’s mother's business. Racism is examined throughout the book by Hally having control over men that are much older than him. In fact the symbols, the kite, the dance, and the cripple played a key role in explaining racism to readers. As a child Hally did not have too many fond memories. However one of his best memories was when Sam made him a kite. Garanute the kite was
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