One image that repeats is one of roads and traveling. A lot of times in the book he makes references to travel, like there's a lot of busses and walking and talk about cities and roads and description of setting. I feel like they always talk about the roads. I think that the author may have chosen that because the road is like a symbol for a journey and new places and the book is all about change so it's kind of like the journey of the country.
One phrase that's repeated is at the end of chapter 7 when they are talking to Kumalo's brother. He is talking about Johannesburg and he keeps saying "something new is happening here" and again he says "something is happening here". They keep repeating this phrase that new things are happening in Johannesburg. I think the effect this has on the novel is that it kind of builds up apprehension and intensity. Like something new, something exciting is coming and you can sort of feel the excitement start to build.
One line that is repeated is towards the end of chapter nine where they're talking about Shanty Town. And there is a sick child and he writes "The child coughs badly." and he says it again just a couple sentences later. And I think he did this because when you think about a cough it kind of keeps coming and coming and if you're listening to a person cough it's repetetive. So saying more than once kind of imitates the way a cough is.
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