"The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay

This essay is a multicultural book-report. It includes page number references. The book takes place in South Africa during World War II and apartheid.
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay is an amazing display of apartheid in South Africa during World War II. The story follows Peekay, a young white boy, as he travels from a boarding school full of children who support Hitler, to a home with a Christian mother, to copper mines in Northern Rhodesia, all the while being surrounded by bigotry and racism. This is an incredible glimpse at the horrors that prejudice can bring, shown through the eyes of a boy becoming an adult in a racially discriminating society.
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