Act 1 Scene 3

Isabel is the student Thami debates in the first act. She is white, and she attends a whote school. Her family owns a business. The way that Isabel struggles to pronounce Mr. M's name and the names of other students in Thami's class is significant because it shows how important names are in showing one's cultural identity and associations. Because Isabel lives in an English-speaking home and attends an English-speaking school, she has not come in much contact with Bantu names.