Ukuphononongwa: Iinjongo zokuchasana, yiRivera Sun

Ilanga, iRivera (2017). Iingcambu zokuxhathisa. El Prado, NM: Ukunyuka kweendaba zeLanga.

Ihlolwe nguTom H. Hastings, uDisemba 26, 2017.

URivera Ilanga wabangela isiphithiphithi esikhulu kwilizwe elincinci kodwa elithandekayo lokunganyani kunye ne-2013 yeentsomi ezongezelelweyo, Uvukelo lwe-dandelion kwaye kwakhona nenoveli yakhe yemilingo ye-2016, Indlela ephakathi. Kutshanje, Iingcambu zokuxhathisa, ibeka phezulu ezo nzame zimbini zidumileyo ngaphambili ngeendlela ezininzi, eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba, ukuluka kwelanga okuphucukileyo kwezona zinto zibalulekileyo kodwa ezihlala zihleli ze-theory kunye nokuziqhelanisa nokungaziphathi kakuhle kuyilo elitsala umfundi.

Ukubhengezwa ngokupheleleyo: Ilanga ngumhlobo kunye nomlingane kuluntu lukazwelonke nakwamanye amazwe abo bafundisayo, baqeqesha kwaye baqhuba umkhankaso ongenabundlobongela. Ndiyijongisisile le misebenzi ichazwe apha ngasentla kwaye thina (abafundi bam nam) simzise kabini ukuba athethe kwaye aqeqeshe eyunivesithi. Ndingumfundi wesandla wokuqala wenxalenye yokuqala yale ncwadi. Iya kuba yenye yeetekisi ezifunekayo kwikhosi yam yasehlotyeni, iinoveli zoxolo. Njengomnye wababhali beentsomi endizithandayo, uBarbara Kingsolver, uSun ubhala ngokungxolayo kwaye upakisha ingxelo yakhe ngezenzi zentshukumo evula amehlo kunye namanani entetho aqaqambileyo kunye nezo zahluko zixhonywe emaweni ezenza kube nzima ukuyeka ukufunda.

Umfundi ucetyiswa ukuba afunde isandulelo, Uvukelo lwedandelion, ukuba kunokwenzeka, ke bonke abalinganiswa kunye nesiphumo sebali bayaziwa ekuqaleni kwale ncwadi intsha. Ibali lale ncwadi linokuma lilodwa kodwa kutheni uzikhohlisa?

Eli yelenqe liqala emva kovukelo lweDandelion –uhlobo lwabantu olunamandla ngeendlela ezithile olufana nolo lwalususa uFerdinand Marcos ePhilippines ngo-1986 –ulutshabalalisile ulawulo olukhohlakeleyo nolunogonyamelo. Ngexesha lombhiyozo omkhulu wolo loyiso, uhlaselo lwedrone olungafunekiyo lwabulala abaninzi, kubandakanya enye yeenkokheli ezindala zoVukelo lweDandelion, umama wenye yeenkokheli ezimbini ezisencinci. Emva kwexesha lokulila, ngokungathandekiyo "ekhokelwa" nguMongameli wethutyana, ubunkokheli be-Dandelion Insurrection abuboni lutshintsho lusemthethweni kumanqanaba entlupheko, ukungcolisa amashishini akhupha ezinye izinto, kunye nezinye izinto ezimbi ezentlalo. Ukutshintsha inkokeli enye ye-elite, bayaqonda, akwanele.

Njengokuba belungiselela ukujongana noku ngokunyanzela isiqwenga somthetho esidibeneyo sokunciphisa iingxaki ezithile, imikhosi efihlakeleyo ilungiselela ukutshabalalisa intshukumo ngeendlela ezininzi. Kwindibano nganye, iLanga ngokwenyani lidala iingxaki kunye nezisombululo, iingxaki ezinzulu, iirostes zokuyila ezingapheliyo. Ukuqonda kwakhe okwenzekayo kumazisa ibali ngento enokwenzeka.

Ngaphandle kokwahlula-hlula kweentsika, iLanga ngobugcisa lilamba kwiinkcazo zethiyori yobuchule bokungabikho kobubi, okwenza inoveli ibe sisixhobo sokufundisa. Eminye yemiceli mingeni yokwenzelwa amaphulo obomi bokwenyani abalungiselela ukubalisa, kubandakanya, kodwa kungaphelelanga apho: kwimithombo yeendaba ngokubanzi, ekugayeni abantu, ngokulandelelana kobuqili, ukugqobhoza itekhnoloji, iimpikiswano ezinobundlobongela, ukumiliselwa kwenkqubo, ukususa ubummi, isini ulawulo, iindaba ezingeyonyani, ukugcinwa kokuhamba phantsi kwengcinezelo enobuqhophololo, iiarhente zabameli, ukunqena phakathi kothando, ukukhokela ngaphandle kwe-v ekhokelayo, ukusebenzisana ngokudibeneyo, ukuthatha izigqibo, uqeqesho olungenabugwenxa, umlilo wangasemva, kunye nokungafihli.

Ukuba uyindoda ekhulelweyo e-US unganqwenela ukufunda le ncwadi kwindawo ngasese ukuze kungabikho mntu onokuwabona amaxesha onokufika usondele ekucaceleni isazela kunye nentlungu yoxinzelelo olungenakuthelekiswa nanto kubomi babavukeli . Ilanga libazisela ebomini kwaye ubomi babo buye babalulekile, kunye neziganeko zibhomboloza ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba ngaxa lithile uhlala nje ufunda ngokudlula ngexesha lokulala kwakho.

Ngobumnandi bayo obuphantsi kunika isiqabu kwizihloko ze-aneurysm-ezinzulu, singancuma okanye sihleke ngoku kunye nangoku. Umzekelo, ndiyayithanda le ndima, ngasekupheleni kwencwadi njengoko siye saqhelana nabalinganiswa abaninzi, kubandakanya sonke isikolo sabaqalayo esiqeqeshwe kakuhle ekuchaseni okungekho mthethweni bafaka uncedo lwamapolisa endawo ukugxotha abantyi-mbi abanyanzelekileyo ukuba bathathe inxaxheba:

Inkosi yamapolisa yajonga abafundi, ootitshala kunye neentsapho, bakhalela ixesha elide. Wayehlonipha u-Idah Robbins, kodwa wavusa inkathazo yobulungisa njengendawo yokudla eyithandayo emva komsebenzi. Ngamanye amaxesha wayenqwenela ukuba afumane ukuzonwabisa okuqhelekileyo njenge -cheche okanye imbaleki ebalekayo.

Ukuzaliswa njenge "Ncwadi yesiBini yeDandelion Trilogy," le indenza ndinethemba lokuba iLanga iyaxhwitha iNcwadi yesiThathu kungekudala kwaye mhlawumbi, njengoDouglas Adams, uyakusinika, ngolunye usuku, iNcwadi yesine neyesihlanu yeTrinogy.

~ ~ uphononongwe nguTom H. Hastings, uNjingalwazi weSisombululo seNgxabano, iYunivesithi yasePortland State.