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In __Country Lovers__, Paulus kills his own child that he has with a black woman. At the begining of the story it is expressed strongly the separation between blacks and whites. During this time period, it was not right to mix blacks and whites. The punishment for being with a black woman was greater then killing a black child, let alone the public shame Paulus would have recieved if it was known that he was with Thebedi. Paulus killed his daughter to save himself from public shame, and to save him from the punishment that he would have recieved from being with a black woman. Nadine Gordimer, the author of __Country Lovers,__ was a South African writer, who knew much about the apartheid. The apartheid in South Africa could have influenced her writing greatly. For example, in __Country Lovers,__ it is almost seen that the black and whites live in separate areas and they never mix, a clear apartheid example. Blacks and whites are not meant to be together and that is why Paulus killed his daughter.