Which excerpt from Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” best indicates that in trying to ban “these people,” “such people,” and “thieves” from the neighborhood the family has made themselves prisoners in their own home?
But to please her…–he had electronically controlled gates fitted
The little boy was fascinated by the device and used it … in cops and robbers play
So from every window and door in the house…they now saw the trees and sky through bars
They sat about with their feet in the gutters…–for it was a beautiful suburb, spoilt only by their presence
