The Lemon Orchard

by

Alex La Guma

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Light and Darkness

Throughout the story, varying degrees of light and darkness symbolize how racism is hidden in plain sight in apartheid-era South Africa. In particular, the moon represents institutionalized racism and how, like beams of moonlight tend…

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Lemons

Lemons represent the idea that morality is undeniable in spite of people’s attempts to justify or deny their wrongdoings. As its title suggests, the story takes place in a lemon orchard through which four white…

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