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- While his wife Rachel is dying, Manie Swart promises to give one of the family houses to Salome, the family’s lifelong black maid. Young Amor Swart overhears The Promise and asks about it after her mother’s death. Manie pretends he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Years later, Manie dies of snakebite.
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The Promise tells the story of the Swarts, a white family descended from Dutch settlers who came to South Africa in the 17th century. The three Swart children come of age in the 1990s during apartheid, a system that formally segregated South Africans by race.
- The Promise Character Analysis
Manie. While all the Swart family members left alive after...
- The Promise Character Analysis
Apr 6, 2021 · The Swarts are an ordinary white family living on a smallholding outside Pretoria in 1986. The title refers to a promise Afrikaner Manie made to his Jewish wife Rachel (overheard by their younger daughter, Amor) that the Black family maid, Salome, would inherit the tiny house she currently lives in.
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While his wife Rachel is dying, Manie Swart promises to give one of the family houses to Salome, the family’s lifelong black maid. Young Amor Swart overhears The Promise and asks about it after her mother’s death.
Manie as a symbol of whiteness. Manie is the husband of Rachel, and he refuses to honor his promise of giving Salome a house. After the death of Rachel, Manie argues that he never made the promise simply because he does not want to give house ownership to a black maid.
Jun 16, 2021 · We learn that, before she died, Rachel made her husband Manie promise to make Salome the legal owner of the tiny house she lives in. Having been nursed by the maid during her...
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Marina is adamant that Salome will not have the house and Manie concurs, half-heartedly denying that he ever made such a promise. This leads to a row with Anton who walks out. The next time he sees his father will be ten years later when Manie is unconscious and about to die.
Manie. While all the Swart family members left alive after Rachel’s death bear some responsibility for not fulfilling the promise to give Salome ownership of her house, Manie bears the most responsibility.
