Question

Refer to Song of the Wild Bushman by Thomas Pringle 15 POINTS

Read these lines from the poem.

Thus I am lord of the Desert Land,

And I will not leave my bounds,

To crouch beneath the Christian’s hand,

And kennel with his hounds:


What do these lines suggest about how the Bushman views the white man?
A. He feels the white man strives to dominate over those he seeks to convert.
B. He believes the white man respects the traditions of those that he converts.
C. He resents the attempts by the white man to befriend his people
D. He appreciates the efforts of the white man to teach others.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Thomas Pringle was a Scottish writer, a poet and a civil fighter for people from Africa. He is also known as the father of South-African poetry. Pringle was the first poet to be successful to write and depict the landscape, the tribal people from South-Africa as well as their traditions and life style.

He wrote an anti-slavery article in South Africa which was published in the New Monthly Magazine, this brought him to the attention of Buxton, Zachary Macaulay and others. Thanks to this he was appointed Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society. He started working for the Committee of the Anti-Slavery Society in March 1827, and stayed in the position for seven years. He offered a job to Mary Prince, a former slave, letting her to write her autobiography describing her experiences under slavery in the West Indies. This book caused great enthusiasm, and went into many editions. Pringle also published African Sketches and books of poems, such as Ephemerides.

In this poem Pringle suggests that the Bushman feels the white man strives to dominate over those he seeks to convert, so the final asnwer is A.

A. He feels the white man strives to dominate over those he seeks to convert.