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    The story follows a grandmother and her grandchildren who must flee their village in Mozambique after it is attacked by bandits. The grandmother courageously leads the children on a difficult journey through the wilderness to find safety as refugees. Along the way, she provides strength and ensures their survival. Ultimately, the grandmother gets the children to a refugee camp where they can begin to rebuild their lives, though she has no desire to ever return to Mozambique after the hardships they faced.

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    The story follows a grandmother and her grandchildren who must flee their village in Mozambique after it is attacked by bandits. The grandmother courageously leads the children on a difficult journey through the wilderness to find safety as refugees. Along the way, she provides strength and ensures their survival. Ultimately, the grandmother gets the children to a refugee camp where they can begin to rebuild their lives, though she has no desire to ever return to Mozambique after the hardships they faced.

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    The story follows a grandmother and her grandchildren who must flee their village in Mozambique after it is attacked by bandits. The grandmother courageously leads the children on a difficult journey through the wilderness to find safety as refugees. Along the way, she provides strength and ensures their survival. Ultimately, the grandmother gets the children to a refugee camp where they can begin to rebuild their lives, though she has no desire to ever return to Mozambique after the hardships they faced.

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    The Ultimate Safari (A Short Story)

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    The story follows a grandmother and her grandchildren who must flee their village in Mozambique after it is attacked by bandits. The grandmother courageously leads the children on a difficult journey through the wilderness to find safety as refugees. Along the way, she provides strength and ensures their survival. Ultimately, the grandmother gets the children to a refugee camp where they can begin to rebuild their lives, though she has no desire to ever return to Mozambique after the hardships they faced.

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    The ulimate

    safari
    WRITEN BY: NADINE GORDIMER
    About the Author
    NADINE GORDIMER (Nov. 20 ,1923 – July 13
    ,2014)

     Wrote ten novels and nine short


    stories.
     A South African author.
     Political activist and recipient of 1991
    nobel prize in literature.
     Married twice.
     Started writing at the age of nine.
    South Africa

    Oneof the Most


    XENOPHOBIC country.
    ELEMENT OF
    THE STORY
    l. SETTING

    Mozambique
    The Kruger park
    During dusk
    The ambiance is saddening and
    frightening
    ll. CHARACTERS

    MAJOR CHARACTERS SUPPORTING CHARACTERS


     The little girl (Protagonist)-
    The narrator of the story
    who has an extreme naïve • The little girl’s mother
    idea of what the future • The little girl’s father
    hold. • The little girl’s elder brother
     The grandmother,Gogo • The little girl’s baby brother
    (Protagonist)-The one who
    became the point of • The grandfather
    strength for the children • The man who led to people all
    and gave them all the throughout the journey
    help they needed to their
    journey.
     The Bandits (Antagonist)-
    the group of people who
    treathen the life of many.
    lll. PLOT
    EXPOSITION

    It was a night in a middle of


    chaos when the children’s
    mother left but never come
    back. Because of the idea that
    the bandits might kill them
    anytime they managed to stay
    home and hide
    lll. PLOT
    RISING ACTION

    The bandits came to their village


    several times and took
    everything away but the last time
    they came back,there was
    nothing left to take so they
    burned the thatch and the roofs
    lll. PLOT
    CLIMAX

     The grandmother stoically made


    the decission to give up the
    search and move on with the
    group.
    lll. PLOT
    FALLING ACTION

    They reached the refugee camp


    where they are well taken care of
    they have a small place for
    themselves.
    lll.PLOT
    DENOUEMENT

    The grandmother dauntlessly


    strived to secure the futures of her
    grandchildren.
    lll. PLOT
    CONCLUSIO
    N
     In the end the grandmother
    bitter feelings surfaced when a
    journalist asked her if she would
    ever go back to mozambique
    her answer is a categorical “no”.
    IV. CONFLICT

    Man vs. Society


    Man vs. Nature
    V. POINT OF VIEW

    First person
    VI. THEME

    Apartheid,sacrifice,cour
    age,and hope.
    VIII. SYMBOLISMS

     The ultimate safari – it means the “extreme journey”.


     The little girl – symbolizes hope and childish optimism.
     The grandmother – symbolizes courage and sacrifice.
     Thegrandfather – symbolizes weakness and frailty and
    sacrifice.
     White people – symbolizes racial descrimination.
    Answer directly

    1. South Africa is one of the most ( ? ) countries in the world


    tend to look at every immigrant from across boarders as
    someone “who takes our job”.
    2. Point of view of the story.
    3. What is the theme of the story?
    4. What is the meaning of the ultimate safari?
    5. What is the conflict of the story?
    6. The group of people who treathen the lives of many.
    7. Describe the narrator.
    Answer directly

    8. Describe the grandmother.


    9. (a)what do you think gordimers purpose was in
    writing
    this story? (b)do you think she was
    successful?why or why not?
    10. What do you think is the lesson of the story?

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