Elias vVan rRooyen's family lost his son 9 years ago,. Benjamin is a white kid living with a blacoloredk family. They think that he is Lukas, twhato went missing 9 years ago. Now they are forcing Benjamin to be Lukas. In the book, Benjamin was force to be Lukas, for example: “ sSay who am I? Pa. wWho your ma ? Ma. Who are your brothers? Willem and Kristoffel. Who your sister ? The girl. What's her name? Nina. For every answer he would gives him a lash. "And who are you? Benja-Lukas. Lukas who? I don't know. Lukas Van Rooyen say it. Lukas Van Rooyen.” (Matthee 159). Elias Van Rooyen is forcing Benjamin was force to be Lukas. They do not know ifwhether Benjamin is Lukas or not. They are just amssusming, because Benjamin is white. Elias is making things worse for Benjamin, because Elias is forcing Benjamin to be someone that he is not. How would you feel if someone iwas forcing you to be someone that you're not? Elias forces Benjamin to become someone he doesn't want to be. Benjamin did choose who he wants to be.