The wall symbolizes the walls of predjudice we build, and the limits we have within our minds thanks to the restrictions of our fears.
Also, it mentions the cat leaving marks of its 'comings and goings' on the wall, which can symbolize the marks 'coloured' people leave on white society.
There's probably more, but that's all I've got so far.
gay
the author of the work, presumably Gordimer
The family of three, consisting of the man, his wife, and the little boy.
The theme of the story is 'an unjust social system creates an environment of fear that can destroy both the opressor and the opressed".
In "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer, the parents take various precautions to ensure their family's safety. They install a security gate, barbed wire, alarms, and even a watchdog. Despite these efforts, their ultimate fears about safety come from within as they become consumed by paranoia and end up inadvertently causing harm to themselves.
the house, it's like castle. Just like people try to feel safer/happier bying more things, but it just backfires and never brings true security.
It usually begins with "Once upon a time,".
the usual opening line of fairy tales is the "once upon a time"
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored was created in 1996.
The duration of Once Upon a Time in Shanghai is 2700.0 seconds.
When does once upon a timesOnce Upon a Time Season 4 come on Netflix
The duration of Once Upon a Time... Man is 1560.0 seconds.