The silk scarf

1.SETTING
This story took place in Johannesburg at the Oriental Plaza where mrs Nebo uses to shop for their clothes with her friend Margret. This Oriental Plaza  was developed as a result of the apartheid gorvernment which was leading the South African country that time.

2. PLOT
 This story has a well arranged plot; Mrs Nebo the wife of future foreign affairs minister was driven by his chauffeurs to Oriental Plaza. It happenes well in a story how Mrs Nebo and her friend Margret where  moving from shop to shop buying clothes and shoes. They eventually come across a shop where Mrs  Nebo fallen in love with an Indian dress that she saw on a window dummy. She then asked the shop assistant if they have any silky scarf which will perfectly match her dress but they haven't. They stated searching  a proper silky scarf until she and her friend found one which was perfectly complementing her dress in  Mr  Sakur's shop. However, Mrs Nebo then haven't enough money in her purse to buy that scarf. Further, she give a cheque which was rejected buy Mrs Sakur since it was clearly stated in his shop that they don't accept cheques. They  have been there arguing with Mr Sakur and emberrassing Mr Sakur for he being at lower class and for his doubts about cheques. The other shopkeepers heard the dispute and dicided to buy the scarf and give it to Mrs Nebo as a present; sinces she said she will not leaving without the scarf and they were also scared of being evicted from the place as soon as the new government starts leading .

3. MAIN CHARACTERS
1. Mrs Nebo
She is a very morden, rich woman who has a love of clothes and classy things. She is a woman of her words as she stated that she won't leave the shop without the scarf and she definitly she didn't. She can't stand lower people to set law or offend her shown by the fact that she felt offended by Mrs Sakur and then started to humiliate him.
2.Mr Sakur
He is a man of his words. He once set that there will be no cheques allowed in his shop regardless of who are they from. This made him not accept the cheque from the rich and well known woman in the country Nebo.