Read these lines from the poem. the countless springboks are my flock, spread o’er the unbounded plain; the buffalo bendeth to my yoke, the wild horse to my rein; what do these lines reveal about the bushman's viewpoint? the bushman feels the benefits of his lifestyle far exceed those of the white man. the bushman hopes to share his understanding of the natural world with the white man. the bushman wishes for the same ability to control nature as the white man. the bushman feels better equipped to survive in nature than the white man.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).