From the novel; Mine Boy
The doctors looked at chris johannes.
They were both dead. They kept the place up with their bodies so that we could get out!’a mine boy cried and begin to sob (Mine Boy).
The death of Chris and Johannes is symbolic because
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it shows how black and white can and ought to make sacrifies for matual benefit
- it lead to the arrest of the miners by the police
- it shows the bad conditions of the mines
- it ios the result of panic
- it keeps xuma out of trouble.