Question

In Gordimer's "1959: What is Apartheid?" what is the author's purpose? Select all that apply. to show the injustice of apartheid for black South Africans to show the ways that apartheid has helped all South Africans to show the daily effect apartheid has on black South Africans to show the vast support of white South Africans for ending apartheid

Answer 1

Answer:

• to show the injustice of apartheid for black South Africans.
• to show the daily effect apartheid has on black South Africans.

Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. Gordimer's essay "1959: What is Apartheid?" discussed the ways in which apartheid was unjust, and how it severely affected the lives of black South Africans. Gordimer was the recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature. She was also active in HIV/AIDS causes.