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* EmbarrassingNickname: Pisskop (Afrikaans for "Pisshead"), from which "Peekay" is derived. Also Rooinek ("Red Neck"), a disparaging term for Englishman.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Pisskop (Afrikaans for "Pisshead"), from which "Peekay" is derived. Also Rooinek ("Red Neck"), a disparaging term for Englishman.Englishmen.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: As the cover might suggest, boxing is central to the novel
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''The Power of One'' (1989) is a novel by Bryce Courtenay set in South Africa just before and during WorldWarII. It follows the life of an English boy [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known only as]] Peekay after his mother suffers a nervous breakdown and he gets sent to an Afrikaner BoardingSchoolOfHorrors. After leaving the school, Peekay gets on a train for Barberton and meets Hoppie Groenwald, the train guard and a welterweight boxer. After witnessing Hoppie's match, the young boy is entranced by the sport and encouraged by Hoppie to become the welterweight champion of the world.
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''The Power of One'' (1989) is a novel by Bryce Courtenay set in South Africa just before and during WorldWarII.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It follows the life of an English boy [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known only as]] Peekay after his mother suffers a nervous breakdown and he gets sent to an Afrikaner BoardingSchoolOfHorrors. After leaving the school, Peekay gets on a train for Barberton and meets Hoppie Groenwald, the train guard and a welterweight boxer. After witnessing Hoppie's match, the young boy is entranced by the sport and encouraged by Hoppie to become the welterweight champion of the world.
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* DuringTheWar: One of the earliest events in the novel is The Judge mentioning UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's [[WorldWarII invasion of Poland]]. Hoppie is later drafted to fight [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]].
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* DuringTheWar: One of the earliest events in the novel is The Judge mentioning UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's [[WorldWarII [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII invasion of Poland]]. Hoppie is later drafted to fight [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Jackhammer Smit and Jaapie Botha. [[spoiler:The "unskilled" part is their undoing.]]
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* UnskilledButStrong: Jackhammer Smit and Jaapie Botha. [[spoiler:The "unskilled" part is their undoing.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: Doc.
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* AllJewsAreCheapskates
* TheApartheidEra
* AProtagonistShallLeadThem
* AxCrazy: Jaapie Botha.
* BadassBookworm: Peekay.
* TheBully: The Judge.
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* CoolOldGuy: Doc.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rasputin.]]
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* JerkAss: The Judge.
* JewishAndNerdy
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:The Judge.]]
* MightyWhitey: Oh boy.
* JewishAndNerdy
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* NiceGuy: Peekay, in spades.
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* RedOniBlueOni: In the second half of the book Peekay is red to Hymie's blue.
* SecondBoerWar
* [[spoiler:SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Jaapie Botha, formerly known as The Judge.]]
* TheSociopath: The Judge.
* TookALevelInBadass: Peekay.
* SecondBoerWar
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[[TheFilmOfTheBook A film adaption]] was released in 1992. It scores a 2 on the SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification. It should not be confused with the second ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie, which in English bears the same title.
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[[TheFilmOfTheBook A film adaption]] was released in 1992. It scores a 2 on the SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification. It should not be confused with the second ''{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/{{Pokemon|2000}}'' movie, which in English bears the same title.
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* DuringTheWar: One of the earliest events in the novel is The Judge mentioning AdolfHitler's [[WorldWarII invasion of Poland]]. Hoppie is later drafted to fight [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]].
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* DuringTheWar: One of the earliest events in the novel is The Judge mentioning AdolfHitler's UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's [[WorldWarII invasion of Poland]]. Hoppie is later drafted to fight [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]].
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* UnskilledButStrong: Jackhammer Smit and Jaapie Botha. The "unskilled" part is their undoing.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Jackhammer Smit and Jaapie Botha. The [[spoiler:The "unskilled" part is their undoing.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: Peekay.
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