Book Club #8: C, TBC

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “But at the first sign of disorder, John Kumalo will be brought down and put in the van and taken to some other place. And what will happen to the carpenter’s shop, that brings in eight, ten, twelve ponds a week? What will happen to the talks in the carpenter’s ship, where men come from every part of the country to listen to him? ·         There are some men who long for martyrdom, there are those who know that to go to  would bring greatness to them, there are those who would go to prison not caring if it brought them greatness or not. But John Kumalo is not one of them. There is no applause in prison.”	219-20	·         (R) So, John Kumalo is a man with a great voice who has the power to really move people but chooses not to because he doesn’t want to get arrested and go to jail. Also, he would miss the praise far too much. So, the author is trying to tell me that John is just a bad guy all around. He doesn’t care about anyone’s interest except his own. I get it, Paton.