Question

what is the character sketch of aron smart from black midas about 160 words

Answer 1

Aron "Shark" Smart, orphaned at a young age, has worked with a number of road gangs, helping to construct roadways, for most of his childhood. One day, while out on the job, he happens to meet his gang's overseer, a white man named Beauchamp, who has a connection to his Disappeared Dad, the legendary "Gold King" Joe Smart. On being told that Aron is Joe Smart's son, Beauchamp proceeds to finance the boy's education, allowing Aron to get a pharmaceutical apprenticeship.

Not satisfied with this, however, Aron makes his way to the diamond mines where his father once worked, and from there he becomes a "pork-knocker" (the local term for gold and diamond prospectors). As he does this, he soon learns that the life of a pork-knocker is not an easy one, and that if not careful a man can lose an entire fortune as quickly as he gains it. Through a series of events from his time in the diamond mines to when he strives to be a big name in the city, Aron is forced to come face-to-face with his own inner conflicts and how his choices have impacted himself and those with whom he has interacted.

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Answer 2

Black Midas by Jan Carew published in 1969, Aron smart who is orphaned at an early age, for most of his childhood he worked with the road gangs to construct roadways. He met a white man, Beauchamp while out on his way for the job. The white man had a connection with legendary ‘gold king’ who happened to be Aron’s disappeared dad, Joe Smart. The white man as a benefactor, allows Aron to get a pharmaceutical apprenticeship when he acknowledges him to be Joe’s son.

Later, Aron was not satisfied and  becomes a “pork-knocker” as he started working in diamond mines like his father. Therefore, by working as a pork knocker he realized it not to be an easy task to perform and that a man can lose his entire fortune if work is not done carefully. With time Aron faced his inner conflicts while working in the diamond mines. There were instances that he was impacted by the people he met and the choices he had to made to strive to become a big name in the city.