In response to Tanya's post, I disagree with her statement that Paulus just lost his feelings after he knew about the baby. I think that he did have feelings for her, even if they were just small ones. I also think that Paulus did kill the baby. He felt so pressured that he felt the need to kill the baby so that he would be accepted. He felt so pressued he really didn't know how to handle the situation.

After reading Jeffrey's post, I viewed the story differently.  Jeffrey spoke of how the baby was killed to cut ties to Thebedi.  I never even thought of this.  After considering this,  it made me wonder.  Did he want to cut ties because he knew the relationship wouldn't work out, or because he simply couldn't handle the scrutiny he received from others? Either way, after reading Jeffrey's post, my viewing on the story changed.

In response to Evan's post, I agreed about the part where they truly loved each other in the beginning.  However, I disagree when you said Thebedi killed the baby.   I don't think she did because nothing would happen if she did kill it.  The child was already accepted by her community and killing it would only be an act of evil.   However, I think Paulus killed it because he had a reason to.  Its a shame to have a black child and he wanted to erase the evidence of ever having it.  I think that Thebedi still loved Paulus but Paulus could not love her back anymore because of the baby.

I agree with Kerstins response because I like that she brought up the fact that even though Paulus was white and Thebedi was black, Paulus was still tried for the killing of the baby. Back how things were during the Apartheid, they could have easily just blamed the Thebedi because she was black and they were treated unfairly.

In response to Tanya's post, I mainly agree with everything except when you said that the baby just died.  Although Paulus was said to be not guilty, there was evidence that made me think he was guilty.  I found it suspicious  that he just walked in the hut with the baby two days later after he already saw it and left again.  Then, just a little later it died.  Also, Paulus had a reason to kill the baby because he didn't want the shame of having a mixed baby so he just ended it there.

I agree with Brittany in the fact that Apartheid ruined many joys in life and even brought some lives to an end. The fact that this baby was killed just because of its skin, which is a theory of why it was killed, makes me feel sad that thousands of people had to live with that each and everyday of their lives.

Response to Evan

I do not believe Thebedi killed her baby because the only reason she would have is that it ties her to a man she doesn't love but if she is sane she would not kill any child especially not her own. No normal mother would think about killing there own child.