Discuss Sade’s gradual growth in Beverly Naidoo’s The Other Side of Truth.
ocus on the protagonist’s moral growth. You need to show how Sade was forced to grow up rapidly as she had to fend for herself, for her brother, and for her father.
From the murder of her mother, to the detension of her father and beyond. The intense and depressing happenings show how the challenges, hardships, death, trauma and scary experiences Sade faces mould her character. How does she manage to adjust and to deal with peer pressure? How does Sade’s dealing with adults in the novel affect her growing up?
You may want to compare Sade’s earlier attitude towards the bullies to her later bravery in airing her father’s story.
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