What is the role of CHOICE in social change as seen in MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS? What specifically does Sam say to Hally about choice? Use quotes from the play text.

Author Athol Fugard weaves the theme of choice throughout this play. Hally's inherent bigotry and hatred have been passed down to him by his father, but Sam tries to make him see that he does have a choice about how he thinks and behaves. He uses the analogy of the whites-only bench on which Hally sat when they flew the kite, telling the young man that he can leave the bench -- and his hatred -- any time he choose simply by getting up and walking away.

Sam also makes a choice about how to respond to Hally's cruel attack on him. He considers hitting him after Hally spits on him, but Willie convinces him that such behavior will do no good. Instead, Sam chooses to impart a lesson to Hally by telling him the reason he built the kite and the reason he did not stay longer to continue flying it. As the play concludes, Sam also chooses to return to calling Hally by his nickname rather than Master Harold as a gesture of forgiveness and in the hope that their relationship has not been irreparably damaged by the day's events. Willie also decides to walk home and use his bus fare to feed the jukebox, choosing beauty, romance and dreams over the ugliness that has transpired.