DIE KIND
GR 11 KORTVERHAAL
Opgestel deur Ruletia le Roux
Opsomming
• Hetta, the narrator, realizes her father is in a foul mood when he
returns from church one Sunday.
• She eavesdrops while her parents discuss giving away one of the
children.
• Hetta hopes its not her.
• The atmosphere in the house is abnormal and strained.
• Mother is sick and stays in bed. After a while she gets up and
explains she had a dream.
• God told her that he would cure her if she gives the new baby to a
childless couple.
• The news upsets the entire household.
• When the baby is nine months old the family travels together to
True story (ware gebeure)
• This is based on a true story.
• The writer is the daughter of the main
character. (Hetta, narrator)
• She tells her daughter the story of Norman.
• Years later the writer of this story finds
Norman’s son, Harold.
• She is Harolds cousin.
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Background
• 1894 in die Wes- Kaap
• Hetta is the oldest of 6 kids and her mother is
pregnant again.
• Hetta is the narrator.
• She tells this traumatic time in their families
life in a very touching and honest way.
Die bou van die verhaal (Build)
• Motoriese moment: The moment that sets
everything in motion.
• Hetta’s father comes bak from church in a bad
mood.
• She eavesdrops on her parents conversation.
• Story is filled with tension (spanning).
• Her mother has innerlike konflik (inner conflict).
• Hoogtepunt: When her mother decides to give
her baby away.
• Antiklimaks: When Mevrou Renkewitz is so rude
and unemotional. This makes you wonder if
Hetta’s parents did the right thing.
• Afloop: The post script (Naskrif) brings closure
to the story. The story has a very abrupt and
cruel end.
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Naskrif
• This story is based on true events.
• The childless German couple was supplied with a list of the
Gericke kids. They chose the youngest, Norman, that was not
born yet. He was nine months old when he was given away.
• The Gericke’s had two more children after that.
• The daughter of Hetta (narrator) found Harold (the only child
of Norman) in Germany 1998.
• Both were very old and died shortly after.
• Harold and his wife did not have children of their own.
Beantwoord die volgende vrae:
1. Watter vervoer het Hetta se pa kerk toe gebruik?
2. Hoekom eet Hetta se ma hertzoggies?
3. Wat hoor Hetta wanneer sy haar ouers afluister?
4. Hoe help die gesprek met Souf dat Hetta beter
verstaan wat aangaan?
5. Wanneer is Norman Gericke gebore?
6. Hoe het sy geboorte van die ander geboortes in die
gesin verskil?
7. Waarom dink die pa dit is hulle plig om die kind
weg te gee?
8. Wat is die funksie van die herhaling van die sin “Pa
wil een van ons weggee”?
9. Hoekom onthou Hetta nou alles wat sy verkeerd
gedoen het?
10.Die ma sê dat dit onmenslik is om jou kind weg
te gee. Hoekom, dink jy, sê sy so?
11.Lees weer die geeldte waar die familie
Swellendam toe ry. Hoe kan ons sien dat die
familie baie gelowig is?
12.Hoekom is Hetta trots op haar ma?
13.Waarna verwys Mev Renkewitz wanneer sy sê:
“Neem.”?
14.Wat is die kontras tussen Mev Renkewitz en
Hetta se ma?
1. Hy het geloop
2.
ANTWOOR Want sy is swanger in is baie lus vir Hertzoggies.
3. Dat haar pa en ma een van die kinders wil weggee.
4. Sy het gedink hulle wil ‘n kind weggee omdat hulle
stout was. Souf verduidelik van die kinderlose
sendelinge.
5. 1 Augustus
6. Niemand was gelukkig toe hy gebore is nie.
7. Want die Here het deur die dominee gevra vir ‘n kind.
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En hulle het dan baie kinders.
8. Sy probeer die gedagte laat insink.
9. Sy dink dis hoekom haar ouers haar gaan weggee.
ANTWOOR
10. Want mens kry nie kinders sodat jy hulle moet
weggee nie.
11. Hulle bid op die pad.
12. Want haar ma wys nie dat sy swak is nie. Sy kom
voor as ‘n sterk vrou.
13. Sy sê daarmee dat sy niks meer van hulle wil hê
nie en dat Norman nie meer hulle kind is nie.
DE
14. Die vrou is koud en harteloos, maar Hetta se ma is
‘n goeie mens.
