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Freedom Never Rests

Even though Freedom Never Rests is fictional, it is a very realistic book because it embraces actual events in South Africa after apartheid was ended. The plot of the book is built around the issue of water deliveries in South Africa. The protagonist is Monwabisi, whom author James Kilgore portrays as a trade union activist who has HIV and becomes distracted in several ways by his illness but maintains his defiance as much as he can.

Does he follow a single story or maintain an open mind?

The truth is Monwabisi does remain true to his fundamental beliefs and values but he has problems determining how exactly he fits into the new order of things after Mandela is elected and the democratic system is launched. Monwabisi is caught in the web of several issues. For one, with HIV he does not have the same relationship with his wife that he once enjoyed. Apparently when author Kilgore wrote this (from his prison cell in the United States) he knew full well that Africa (all over Africa) the HIV and AIDS pandemic was taking millions of lives, and so it was logical for him to create an HIV situation with his protagonist.

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For another, Monwabisi can't decide whether to continue to serve the public interest and fight for democracy -- within his political party -- or whether to try something new. Clearly he is not the man he once was; his ego and his spirit have been noticeably depressed by his HIV condition. He and his wife touch their feet in bed, and that's all, which is a far, far cry from husband and wife in normal sensual / romantic intimacies. So there is the notion that he is still, as he said, a fighter: "I'm a man of the struggle," he told his wife, after seeing Mandela on television and saying to Constantia, "We love that old man but he's a bit too kind-hearted."

Monwabisi went on: "My mind and my body remain strong when I'm fighting oppression and exploitation," referring specifically to the water rationing and cut-offs of drinking water supplies by the government. "If I stay at home thinking about what that little virus is doing and….....

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