Detailed Analysis of Fiel'as Child

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Analysis of Fiela’s Child-Chapters 1-8 Character Analysis * FIELA: * Wife to Selling, mother to Emma, Tillie, Tollie, and Dawid * Matriarch figure in Komoetie family * “She answered for him.” “She stood up for Selling.” (ch.3, pg.16) * “I’m not. Today’s the day. Tollie will stay in the house and keep his leg still. The others will help drive her into his enclosure.” (ch.6, pg.47) * Fearless and strong * “Idleness and trouble were the best of friends, she had always said.” (ch.3, pg.11) * “Should I have left him outside?” “Who says so?”(ch.3, pg.20) * “Leave him alone!”(ch.3, pg.23) * “So you discussed the child with others? You went gossiping behind my back?” “No, master, I did not hide him, I just kept him where I could because he’s white. I just kept him away from adders like you!” “’How do I not know they’re not lying?’ she shouted.” (ch.6, pg.57) * Religious * “If only God would put his wings around the child and hide him from the two peace-breakers.” (ch.3, pg.15) * “’I’ll go and fetch the Bible, it’s written down there. She turned round and walked back to the house. Only God could help her now.” (ch.3, pg. 16) * “Please, God, see my need, help me! She prayed in fear…” (ch.3, pg.23) * “god looks down on us and writes down every tear a child sheds…” (ch.6, pg.55) * “O God that looks down upon man, what am I to do?” (ch.6, pg.57) * “She had told God, if he saw her child safely back again, she would take half of Kicker’s plumes in August and give it to the church at the village. And when the ostriches had mated, she would take the three strongest chicks, sell them and take the money to the church as well. God knew her, He would know that she would not make promises just because she was worried.”(ch.6, pg.64) * Fiercely protecting of her family compared to a tigress * “She had the
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