How are the Female Characters Presented in the stories Country Lovers

How are the Female Characters Presented in the stories Country Lovers and Veronica The grisly girl Thebedi is one of the main characters in the storyCountry Lovers She lives in South Africa under the apartheid whichwas a system of government which involved a separatism act betweenwhites and contrabands, so she hasnt as much rights as whites do, becauseof this she is restricted and hampered by her culture.The Educational system started with both white and black children in primary feather culture where they spoke local dialect and then after thatthe white children went to secondary education where they learntStandard English and the blacks went to work and learnt the languageof authority. There was as well as at the time an Immorality act which waswhere it was illegal for a white person to drive a relationship with ablack person. This made Paulus Eysendyck and Thebedi oblige the lovewith each other secretly She had to get away before the houseservants who knew her, came in at d awn This shows they havecompassion and determination to hold back the relationship going. Paulus isin charge of the relationship for example He told her each time,where to meet again.Paulus and Thebedi have known each other since they were children.Paulus is son of the proprietor of the farm where Thebedi comes to worklater in the story. Paulus is a white boy, and Thebedi is a blackgirl. They used to play on the farm as children and had primaryeducation together. When he comes home for the holidays, he broughther presents, and Thebedi also give him a homemade bracelet. Thebracelet is admired very much by his friends at school. Meanwhile, ablack young man, Njabulo, falls in love with Thebedi, and wishes thathe could be the ... ...ronica the most essential issue of the story and what itall amounts to is Tradition. The life Veronica led was steeped intradition. Every aspect of the story is based around tradition. It wastraditional for men to go off to work and women to stay in the ho me tocook, clean and construe after the children. This would explain her lackoff education and wherefore the opportunity of going to a school as a childwas not string out to her. There was not as many opportunities open to womenbecause it was unusual for women to go out to work or get a job. Bytradition, men have the more dominant role. Veronica was a weak femaleso this would explain why she took unnecessary punishment of herfather when she was younger. This also would explain why women as awhole where expected to stay at home. These are the reasons why Ibelieve Veronica did not leave for the city with Okek.