"Once Upon a Time"

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This paper discusses Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time", which looks at issues of prejudice and discrimination. The author focuses on reasons for Gordimer's success and her understanding of racial conflict. Her work includes both fiction and non-fiction and she won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for Literature.

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"Once upon a time by Nadine Gordimer provides valuable insights about prejudice and discrimination that can be applied to any society, how individuals can take responsibility in reducing societal misunderstandings. The story illustrates the irony in thinking that building fences provides security and solves societal problems. The story asks readers to consider the fences that every society builds. Nadine Gordimer, a white South African, won the 1991 Nobel Prize for literature. Born in 1923, she grew up amidst the turmoil of the beginnings of apartheid policies."

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