Chapter log 18-29

Chapter 18

Characters – James Jarvis, Thomas, Police captain, Binnendyk,

Exchange, James’ wife

Summary – A police captain informed James Jarvis that his son was
shot and killed in Johannesburg by a native.

Vocab – veld |velt| (also veldt)

noun
open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa. It is
conventionally classified by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and
lowveld.

Chapter 19

Characters – John Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, a
young woman

Summary – John picked up Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis from the aeroplane that
transported them to the Harrison’s house.

Vocab - ineluctable
adjective
unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable : the ineluctable facts of
history.

Chapter 20

Characters – James Jarvis, Policeman

Summary – James reads a letter that was for his son.

Vocab - permissible
adjective
permitted; allowed : it is permissible to edit and rephrase the
statement.

Chapter 21

Characters – James Jarvis, Mr. Harris, John Harrison

Summary – James attended his son’s funeral. The coffin was burned to
ashes when the service was finished.
Vocab - bereft
archaic past participle of bereave .
adjective
deprived of or lacking something, esp. a nonmaterial asset : her room
was stark and bereft of color.
• (of a person) lonely and abandoned, esp. through someone's death
or departure : his death in 1990 left her bereft.

Chapter 22

Characters- Absalum, Johannes, Matthew, Court.

Summary- Absalum, Johannes, and Matthew went to court for killing

Arthur.

Chapter 23

Characters- Author of the book

Summary- Gold was found in an Orange province.

Chapter 24

Characters- Mr. Jarvils

Summary- Jarvice read a paper from his son.

Chapter 25

Characters-Jarvice, Kumalo

Summary- Kumalo informs Mr.Jarvice that it really was his son that
killed Arthur.

Chapter 26

Characters-John, Stephen, Msimingu, John Harrison, Jarvice

Summary-John kumalo gives a speech about the gold.

Chapter 27

Characters-Mrs.Letheb, Gertrude, and Kumalo

Summary- Mrs.Letheb and Gertrude have a disscution about people
who laugh carelessly.

Chapter 28
Characters-Kumalo, Court, and Absolum

Summary-The Judge stats all the evidence without the case.

Chapter 29

Characters- Kumalo, Gertrude, Mrs.Letheb, and Mrs. Absolom

Summary-There is a feast at Mrs.Lethebs House.