Zoe Pearson
The Theory of Flight
Quotes by theme and by character
Some abbreviations
Note: BFE- Beauford Farm and Estate
Dtm- determine
, Zoe Pearson
Themes
There are 6 major themes that I have focused on.
If one of these themes comes up in the exam I have listed a few points you can talk
about underneath. These points are expanded on later in my other document on the
Theory of Flight.
1. Connection+belonging
- How Genie belongs to herself
- Genie’s relationship with the Masukus and how her belonging is never tied to them
- Genie and Vida belonging to each other
- The belonging found in the friendship between Beatrice and Genie
- The connection through events, history and genealogy
2. Identity and selfhood
- Golide Gumede is a real revolutionary[ name means ‘fields of gold’]
- Baines Tikiti finds his identity in travel, wanderlust [name means ‘ticket’
- Prudence Ngoma finds her identity in building character [name means ‘widsom’]
3. Beginnings+endings, possibility of the impossible
- Genie chooses her own ending
- Valentine’s transformation after meeting Genie
- Krystle is released from the guilt she carries
- The street dwellers are given a new opportunity on the BFE
- Dingani admits his mistakes and is able to start again
- Mordechai, through meeting Minenhle, is inspired to completely change himself and
devote his whole life to loving her
4. Family(contrasting)
- Contrast between Vida’s relationship with his father and Evelyn’s relationship with his.
- The struggles Eunice endured with her husband and how this impacts her present
- The contrast between the Masukus and the Nyonis
5. Past and how it dtms the present
- Marcus clings onto the past but eventually learns to let go
- How power is transitory, Emil Coetzee was replaced by The Man Himself
- Vida, due to an emotional and traumatic past, lives on the streets.
6. History and erasure
- The erased history of ‘Blue’ in The House That Jack Built
- The erasure of Golide Gumede
- The removal of democracy in a country in political turmoil
- Vida’s statues were seen as something progressive but then removed/erased
because they were ‘too white’
The Theory of Flight
Quotes by theme and by character
Some abbreviations
Note: BFE- Beauford Farm and Estate
Dtm- determine
, Zoe Pearson
Themes
There are 6 major themes that I have focused on.
If one of these themes comes up in the exam I have listed a few points you can talk
about underneath. These points are expanded on later in my other document on the
Theory of Flight.
1. Connection+belonging
- How Genie belongs to herself
- Genie’s relationship with the Masukus and how her belonging is never tied to them
- Genie and Vida belonging to each other
- The belonging found in the friendship between Beatrice and Genie
- The connection through events, history and genealogy
2. Identity and selfhood
- Golide Gumede is a real revolutionary[ name means ‘fields of gold’]
- Baines Tikiti finds his identity in travel, wanderlust [name means ‘ticket’
- Prudence Ngoma finds her identity in building character [name means ‘widsom’]
3. Beginnings+endings, possibility of the impossible
- Genie chooses her own ending
- Valentine’s transformation after meeting Genie
- Krystle is released from the guilt she carries
- The street dwellers are given a new opportunity on the BFE
- Dingani admits his mistakes and is able to start again
- Mordechai, through meeting Minenhle, is inspired to completely change himself and
devote his whole life to loving her
4. Family(contrasting)
- Contrast between Vida’s relationship with his father and Evelyn’s relationship with his.
- The struggles Eunice endured with her husband and how this impacts her present
- The contrast between the Masukus and the Nyonis
5. Past and how it dtms the present
- Marcus clings onto the past but eventually learns to let go
- How power is transitory, Emil Coetzee was replaced by The Man Himself
- Vida, due to an emotional and traumatic past, lives on the streets.
6. History and erasure
- The erased history of ‘Blue’ in The House That Jack Built
- The erasure of Golide Gumede
- The removal of democracy in a country in political turmoil
- Vida’s statues were seen as something progressive but then removed/erased
because they were ‘too white’
