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Violence In The Last Duiker

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Duiker in his second novel the quite violence dreams tackles issues which are thematically related to what is in speak no evil. The author projects homosexuals especially gay characters being silenced and marginalized by the norms of the community, friends and also family. In the quite violence of dreams gays are depicted as shameful. It is for this reason that they are ashamed to come out. They are given harsh treatment by their family and they are drawn in the negative light. Duiker uses characters like Tshepo, and Sebastian to show how silenced and marginalized homosexuals are.
The norms of the society makes it hard for Tshepo to speak out. There is a strong sense of shame for him, Tshepo finds it embarrassing to talk about his sexuality. …show more content…

I have never seen silly pictures in your room of anyone you like”
Much of this is informed by the fact that Tshepo has not accepted his sexual orientation and therefore finds it impossible to speak about it. This is also evident when he is raped by Chris his flat mate and his friends, he finds it difficult to tell anyone about the rape as he has shame over the fact that he has been raped by the other men. This clearly shows how hostile the society is to …show more content…

His father’s use of these derogatory terms is meant to shame Tshepo and in doing so make him confirm to the heterosexual norms that he favors. It is however ironic that even though Tshepo and his Father have never had a close relationship, his father still has an interest in Tshepo’s sexual preferences. This speaks to the importance that is put upon sexual orientations and the need for people to confirm to hegemonic norms. As Sarah Ahmed rightly puts out “it is the presumption that the child must inherit the life of the parent that requires the child to follow the heterosexual line” and this is shown in Tshepo’s experience. (Ahmed, 2006, p. 557)
Apart from that, Tshepo is also psychologically distressed, this is clearly demonstrated when he finds himself in Valkenberg mental hospital suffering from “cannabis induced psychosis” but enough his introspection and interaction with other characters, one learns that his mental scars are more directly related to his troubled relationship with his

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