Die Kruppel Engel - English Summaries from
Chap. 1 to 7
CHAPTER 1
The protagonist of the book, Tina Louw, is fed up with her life in the Karoo town
of Van Noodt and the farm where she lives with her family, Coetzeerus, and she
wants to flee to Cape Town in the hopes of finding a better life.
A car stops next to her while she is strolling alongside the N1, the main route
leading to Cape Town, and a wanderer gets out of the vehicle. The traveler's
face is only identifiable as a boy's due to its numerous wounds and severe
scars. He points to the entrance of the farm named "Engelsplaas" across the
road as he begins speaking with Tina. He advises Tina to approach Stefaans
Marais, the white farmer who owns Engelsplaas, for financial assistance so that
she can enrol in the Afrikaans school in the community. When Tina asks the
wanderer his name, he replies that it's Jakob. When a truck comes to get him,
he vanishes. Tina goes over to Engelsplaas and requests that Ant Lya call
Stefaans. Stefaans has bloodshot eyes and an alcoholic odour. Tina asks him
for money so that she can go to the local Afrikaans school. Tina recently
finished her seventh grade year at Rising Star, a farm school. She can stay at
the school through the end of Grade 9 and then transfer to the town's school.
Given that Rising Star is an English-medium school and the school in town is
Chap. 1 to 7
CHAPTER 1
The protagonist of the book, Tina Louw, is fed up with her life in the Karoo town
of Van Noodt and the farm where she lives with her family, Coetzeerus, and she
wants to flee to Cape Town in the hopes of finding a better life.
A car stops next to her while she is strolling alongside the N1, the main route
leading to Cape Town, and a wanderer gets out of the vehicle. The traveler's
face is only identifiable as a boy's due to its numerous wounds and severe
scars. He points to the entrance of the farm named "Engelsplaas" across the
road as he begins speaking with Tina. He advises Tina to approach Stefaans
Marais, the white farmer who owns Engelsplaas, for financial assistance so that
she can enrol in the Afrikaans school in the community. When Tina asks the
wanderer his name, he replies that it's Jakob. When a truck comes to get him,
he vanishes. Tina goes over to Engelsplaas and requests that Ant Lya call
Stefaans. Stefaans has bloodshot eyes and an alcoholic odour. Tina asks him
for money so that she can go to the local Afrikaans school. Tina recently
finished her seventh grade year at Rising Star, a farm school. She can stay at
the school through the end of Grade 9 and then transfer to the town's school.
Given that Rising Star is an English-medium school and the school in town is
