Je was op zoek naar: die sensusmanne (Afrikaans - Engels)

die ere
the honor for men

die jeug...
"youth...

die paradysbossie
the paradise forest

die aapgesig.
that monkey face.

'n mens moet hul identiteit ken en wie hulle is, en dus belangrik wees. identiteit stel ons persoonlikheid of individualiteit saam. valse persepsie van self lei tot waan identiteit. in die boek, fiela se kind, word die driejarige benjamin, wat as wit van ras voorkom, opgeneem deur die komoeties, 'n bruin familie, en pas by 'n bruin identiteit aan. later in die boek word benjamin deur die sensusmanne weggeneem om by sy regmatige familie wat van wit ras is, te gaan woon. benjamin sukkel om
one needs to know their identity and who they are , thus being important. identity puts together our personality or individuality. false perception of self leads to delusional identity. in the book, fiela se kind, three year old benjamin, who appears as white by race is taken in by the komoeties , a coloured family, and conforms to a coloured identity. later in the book, benjamin is taken away by the census men to go and live with his rightful family who are of white race. benjamin struggles to adapt to his white family, longing for the comfort and care of his adoptive black parents. these circumstances lead to the identity crisis that benjamin undergoes. yet later, he begins to accept his new identity as lukas van rooyen. the key symbols in the story reinforce its main theme : identity