Kaffir Boy

There are numerous connections a person can make with "Kaffir Boy" such as racism, racism, and racism. Let's not talk about that, but focus in on the pride that a majority of the characters have in this book and connecting that to today's society. Clyde is one of the prideful characters, who shows off his library and play room to the humble unnamed boy. The boy in that moment said in his thoughts, "Never have I seen that many books in my life; even our school, with student population of over two thousand, I did not have half as many books, I was dazed" (line 152-153). The unnamed boy's grandmother tries to pick up anything that is worth any value in the trash such as clothes and books for her family. Connecting this to today, the most common sense of pride is pitying the less fortunate by donating items, so one can get more or even better items to replace it; or to make themselves feel better and be able to say, "Yea, I donated once." or "Crossed that off my bucket list".