Dependece on each other

Everyone on this earth depends on each other, whether it is family, a workplace, a sports team, a cooking crew. Without the other person, we cannot do our role successfully. We only struggle harder. When we try things by our own selves, we only see pain and sorrow. With the help of others, we can see joy even if the work load is plenty. Even if we hate the other person we depend on, we can’t do anything without them. It is the same for the Africans and the white people in Johannesburg. Regarding dependence on each other, Alan Paton states, “Yet the thought of so fantastic a thing is terrifying, and white people realize how dependent they are on the labour of the black people” (189). In the book, white people treat black people like the lowest of the lowest, the bottom of the pack. However in reality, white people need black people. This is evident in the mines. If the black people did not work on the mines, then the white people would not be able to obtain any gold. Without gold, there is no Johannesburg. White people depend on the labour of black people so much that they even built their whole city on their labour. Black people basically serve as the foundation for Johannesburg. Take out the foundation, and the whole building, even if it’s a majestic castle, will come crumbling down and will lay in ruins.