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Dukwane's Delivery Analysis

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Dukwane’s delivery The short story ”Dukwane’s delivery” is by Neil Ramsorrun, published in 2010. The text presents the main character, Dukwane who has a dream. He has a dream of becoming a successful politician, greater than his role model Barack Obama himself. He’s a classic mould breaker as he decided to get a well educated and make a difference. He wishes to get more out of life than the usual as Dukwane lives with his parents in downtown London, in Camden on York Way, in an area where people tend to be racist. This matters because Dukwane is black. He comes from a family who’s economic hard-pressed but thankfully, Dukwane is admitted to Cambridge University: King’s college. His parents are very proud of him, and would be even if he didn’t get accepted. Dukwane works at the local fast-food restaurant, Holy Fried …show more content…

He’s determined and where there’s a will, there’s a way: “[…] If Barack can do it, so can I” His story is told by Dukwane’s own point of view, but his friend Jermaine is multiple times questioning Dukwane’s decision of going to college. He’s afraid he might not fit in. Yet Jermaine is expressed like Dukwane’s conscience as he’s constantly pushing Dukwane into doing what some people might vision as being the “bad” or “wrong” thing to do. it’s an omniscient narrator, we’re still very close to Dukwane. The main topic of this story shines remarkably through, as it is in fact racism and prejudice but also have other minor themes like, not fitting in and being different. This may not be a concern to Dukwane, as he believes he’ll do just as good in college as the other students. It’s very clearly that Dukwane’s wish to go far in life throws him out in situations where he doesn’t really fit in because of his social background and appearance. Furthermore, Dukwane’s friends make him aware that his future college students are different than himself:

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