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In Nadine Gordimer's "July's People," we experience the life of a small, white, liberal, South African family known as the Smales. The family is forced to take upon a new life filled with struggles and harships. One family member in particular that has a tremendous time adapting to her new surroundings is Maureen. Throughout the novel her relationship between her husband (Bam) and her is equally tested, but in the end it is Maureen who experiences the biggest emotional and mental breakdown of all. Maureen and her husband Bam enter the new world with a sense of a strong relationship between them, but as the world began to change around them, their relationship became a challenged to support and hold together. Internal pressures began to build up among the two and eventually the two feel as If they do not recognize each other anymore. In this husband/wife relationship, Gordimer present issue's of cultural adaptation, language/communication, prejudicy of lifestyles, and clash of roles in socities, through the eyes of these two characters.
Approximate Word count = 678
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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