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Ah, Woe Is Me! (A South African short story published in 1952) In South Africa in the 1950s apartheid and segregation were words that described the conditions under which the native Africans lived. They nearly had no rights, and they were being suppressed by the white minority. Black women and men often had to choose between living with their families in the Townships and earning money at white residents. The themes of oppression and the constant struggle of giving your children a better life and making them understand that the world belongs to the white man are what influence this story. The story "Ah, Woe Is Me" starts in medias res and is about a coloured woman, Sarah, who chose to earn money in hope of giving her children a proper education. It is told by an explicit 1st person narrator who knows the main character well. The narrator is a white...

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