A comparision between the stories: "The Suit" by Can themba and "The Wind and a boy" by Bessie Head

Bessie Head wrote the story "The Wind and a boy". Her story revolved around a boy was accepted unconditionally and loved even more so. Alan Paton wrote the story of Ha'Penny, a sad story with a bittersweet ending about a young delinquent and his search for belonging. This essay shall compare these two boys, they way their lives were lived, their stance on belonging and their deaths. The two separate boys had very different lives …

…enough for many to share in. Ironic how the endings to each story seem to be wrongly put. The mourning of Ha'Penny seems better fitted to Friedman's life, whilst the lack of mourning in Friedmans death seems to fit Ha'Penny's life. The lack or lack thereof of belonging and life living seem irrelevant in death. These two stories teach one it Is indeed the smaller things, feelings, and actions that truly are reflected din death