Overcomming Obstacles in Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathebane :: Kaffir Boy Mark Mathebane

Overcomming Obstacles in Kaffir Boy In the book Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathebane there are many obstacles that Mark the protagonist has to overcome. The first-class honours degree of his problems was to get done school in his poor southwestern African ghetto. The second was to achieve his goal and receive a tennis lore to an American college. Marks father is one of the major antagonist, he was opposed anything to do with Mark getting an education in a school. He was a very traditional man and he didnt like anything that had to do with the white man. He thought it was meaningless to get a whitemans education and he wouldnt picture the property that was necessary to get Mark through and through school. Mark was helped through this situation by his Mother who was the person who cherished Mark so desperately to attend school. She decided to go against Marks contract and send Mark to school. She then had to get a employment which was penal for her to do so because she didnt have the required pass from the South African government. With the little bullion that his mother made and some money that his grandmother gave him he was able to pay for his schooling or at least some of it. He often was without the required materials like a school uniform and books. This then resulted in Mark being beat out at school. These beatings became so intense and often that Mark thought nearly dropping out of school. His Mother helped him decide that he should stay in school because she knew that an education was the only way out of their life of poverty. by means of the support of Marks Mother and grandmother Mark be success in school. He almost always was ranked in the top of his class and received scholarships to continue on in school. At the end of Marks schooling he receives a job offering in South Africa for him to work as a bowl of the company, he decides to accept this job for the time being because his family needed the money to send his brothers and sisters to school. Mark end up successfully making it through school and ending up being one of the top in his class. The second major conflict in the book was that Mark wanted to get a scholarship to an American college.