He decides he is going to find out his name and remember his past.īoston hears the church bell and the reverend contemplates his faith in god… Tsotsi finds ants on the baby, and instead of running away because of the emergency, he stays and rescues the baby. He confronts Morris and tells him that he feels for him, Morris asks him why and Tsotsi realizes he doesn’t have to kill him and he has choices. Tsotsi sees Morris as his dog and because he feels sympathy for him he must be killed. Morris turns and and starts throwing insults at Tsotsi as he approaches. He arrives at the dark section and drops his money within a pool of light but Tsotsi kicks it away and continues after Morris. We learn about Morris’s past how his injury occured and why he feels like a “half-man” he realizes he is being followed but continues on his way hoping to lose him before he gets to the dark section of his journey home. Tsotsi steps on a cripple by the name of Morris Tshabalala and decides that he is a suitable target. They determine that they will go to the city for the job. Tsotsi arrives and they begin the ritual again but without Boston’s stories conversation quickly runs dry and Tsotsi is forced to make a decision on where the next job will be. Butcher and Die Aap discuss Bostons beating and what it means for the future of the gang. Boston awakes from his unconcious state and manages his first movements in a long time.
We see the burial of Gumboot Dhlamini and how the pastor is losing his faith because he is burying another nameless man. Tsotsi remembers the “yellow bitch” and starts to ask questions about his past. Tsotsi returns to his room to clean and feed the baby before hiding it in the ruins. He enters and leaves the store repeatedly before mustering the courage to interact with Cassim. Tsotsi goes to Cassim’s shop to get milk for the baby, but cannot come to ask him for it. At the end of the chapter, Tsotsi goes to rape and kill a woman in the bluegum trees, but doesn’t because of the cry of a baby. Tsotsi reveals he lives by three rules: the rule of the waking moment – he had to have his knife never to disturb the inward darkness – do not attempt to remember and to ask questions – from himself or others ( the rule Boston broke). But he had to ask questions, which Tsotsi didn’t like because he couldn’t answer them. He reveals he picked Boston because, like everyone else, he had a virtue he was clever. Boston’s question about his family, his dog, inclines Tsotsi to beat the crap out of Boston.Ĭhapter 3 Tsotsi reflects on beating up Boston, and his hatred for him. Then later Butcher and Die Aap went outside and raped Rosie. Tsotsi found it fine but Boston found it to be sickening because he has decency. She was seducing the boys, mostly Butcher, and then Butcher and Die Aap were playing around with her. Butcher was drinking the fastest and getting drunk the fastest because he kept asking Soekie for more she kept telling him to slow down also a woman, a friend of Soekie, was sitting in the corner passed out and her name was Rosie. The gang of teenage boys are at Soekie’s house drinking, laughing, and having a great time. When they got to the trains they saw their victim, Gumboot Dhlamini, by the smile on his face, his flaming red tie, and hispay pack when they entered the train the decided it was time to murder Gumboot. they walked down the street looking for a victim to strike. Tsotsi clasps his hands as if in prayer and decides that they should take a train. Tsotsi clasps his hands as if in prayer and decides that they should take a train.īoston,the clever one, Die Aap, the strong one and Butcher, the accurate killer, are looking at Tsotsi, the youngest of them all, sitting there and watching in his room the boys are having a general talk and drinkingin Tsotsi’s room.
The boys are having a general talk and drinking in Tsotsi’s room. Boston, the clever one, Die Aap, the strong one, and Butcher, the accurate killer. CHAPTER ANALYSIS Chapter 1 There are four members of the gang: Tsotsi, Die Aap, Butcher and Boston. Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 Boston,the clever one, Die Aap, the strong one and Butcher, the accurate killer, are looking at Tsotsi, the youngest of them all, sitting there and watching in his room the boys are having a general talk and drinkingin Tsotsi’s room. His name is the title of the novel and the cover has a photograph of the actor who played the role of Tsotsi in the film. The novel is about the main character Tsotsi. Tsotsi Chapter 1 Summary 5,6/10 7858 reviews
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