Age_of_Iron

Age of Iron Overview Chapter 1   1. Discovery and chasing away of Mr Vercueil in alley 2. Revelation of Terminal Cancer 3. Mrs Curren’s explanation of Writing: Own sake > Daughter’s 4. Mrs Curren’s charity to Mr Vercueil 5. Mrs Curren’s Job Offer a. Vercueil’s Rejection and Spitting 6. Mrs Curren’s Collapse and Vercueil’s Help 7. Mrs Curren’s rejection of Vercueil’s idea of a Boarding House 8. Task given to Vercueil to cut Grass a. Gives up after an Hour 9. Mrs Curren’s passing out and Sighting of Vercueil’s Theft 10. Drive with Mr Vercueil a. Mrs Curren’s Sobbing b. Vercueil’s Indifference 11. Mrs Curren’s offer to pay Vercueil for Odd jobs a. Vercueil Questions if anyone Deserves anything b. Mrs Curren Shoves her Purse at Vercueil 12. Mrs Curren plays Classical Music and Vercueil listens, hidden from sight 13. Neighbour asks if Mr Vercueil is a trespassing vagrant a. Mrs Curren claims that Vercueil works for her b. Decision to stop answering the phone 14. Mrs Curren worries about House after death a. Yearns for the good old days 15. Mrs Curren criticises South Africa 16. Comment on how Bars make her feel as if she is in a Zoo

17. Mrs Curren asks if Vercueil would send papers to her daughter 18. Vercueil agrees after some Resistance Chapter 2   1. Florence returns with Hope, Beauty and Bheki a. Mentions chaos in Gugulethu b. Mentions that Schools in Gugulethu have closed; Children now running around getting in Trouble c. Disapproval of Vercueil’s Presence 2. Vercueil plays with Hope and Beauty 3. Conversation between Florence and Mrs Curren reveals that Children are burning down schools and acting in a defiant manner 4. Mrs Curren compares her life to that of Florence and her Family a. Mrs Curren recollects visiting Florence’s Husband 5. Vercueil, John and Bheki’s Fight a. Vercueil asked for water b. John pours out Vercueil’s Brandy c. John calls Vercueil a Dog d. Vercueil Curses at John e. Mrs Curren laments that John is self-important f. Fight Begins g. Vercueil leaves 6. Florence calls Vercueil a Rubbish person and Mrs Curren objects 7. Mrs Curren criticises Florence letting John and Bheki get away with disrespecting elders 8. Florence blames their behavior on White people > Parenting 9. Mrs Curren notices police and tells them that Bheki and John have permission to be around house a. Tells Florence to send them home b. Florence objects claiming that shootings are common in Gugulethu 10. Mrs Curren thinks about dead mother 11. Vercueil returns with another woman 12. Vercueil’s sleeping reminds Mrs Curren of her daughter

13. Mrs Curren gets agitated about people swarming her house before her death a. Makes Florence chase Vercueil’s lady friend out 14. Police van chases after Bheki and John as they are Cycling 15. Boys crash into the door of a van 16. Mrs Curren stems Bleeding on John’s forehead 17. Mrs Curren chides Florence