Fiela se Kind - First Act Review

Vocabulary and character flashcards based on the first act of the drama, covering the disappearance of Lukas van Rooyen and the discovery of Benjamin Komoetie by census officials.

Elias van Rooyen

A lazy woodcutter living in the forest who prefers making 'good plans' and luck over hard work, and dreams of buying a gun to hunt elephants for ivory.

Barta van Rooyen

The wife of Elias who becomes distraught and ages significantly after her three-year-old son disappears.

Lukas van Rooyen

The child who went missing in the Knysna forest at age $3$ after playing with stones inside the house.

Grootvoete

The term used by forest dwellers for elephants, which are considered a danger but also a source of ivory.

Tant Malie

A woman described as a 'prophet of doom' who increases tension by telling stories of other children who died or disappeared in the forest, such as the child behind Karatara and Flip Lourens.

Fiela Komoetie

A strong, religious, and hardworking woman who owns the farm Wolwekraal in the Lange Kloof and raised Benjamin as her 'hanskind.'

Selling Komoetie

Fiela's husband who is physically weak and can no longer perform hard labor, but makes whips, shoes, and prepares skins.

Benjamin Komoetie

A white child who was found at Fiela's back door $9$ years ago and is raised as part of the Komoetie family.

Wolwekraal

The $12\,morge$ piece of land in the Lange Kloof that Fiela inherited from her father.

Die Lange and Die Dikke

The nicknames for the two census takers, one tall with glasses and one fat with a red face, who discover Benjamin and initiate the conflict.

Lange Kloof

The dry, warm region characterized by Renosterbos and aloes, separated from the wet forest by a mountain.

Skopper and Pollie

Fiela's ostriches; Skopper is the male and Pollie is the female Fiela bought from Koos Wehmeyer for six sjamboks and two whips.

Magistrate Goldsbury

The new magistrate in Knysna who orders Benjamin to be brought to the court to be identified by the van Rooyens.

Hanskind

The term Fiela uses to describe Benjamin's status as a foundling child she raised as her own.

Five sjielings

The amount of money Fiela ties in a cloth and gives to Benjamin for emergencies on his trip to Knysna.

Weledele heer

The formal title Selling advises Benjamin to use when addressing the magistrate.

Petrus Zondagh

The owner of the 'grootplaas' whom Fiela tried to visit to report Benjamin's arrival years ago.

Miss Baby Stewart

The person who taught Benjamin 'somme' (arithmetic) two days a week.

Rossinski

The person Fiela and Selling sell their whips and skins to.

Lanfer

The black mourning clothes Barta wears seven months after Lukas's disappearance.