Her husband is sprawled out on the seat and she remains with her back toward him. Even though the mutual fear of the snake temporarily unites Harry and the doctor, the racial separation which exists between the two worsens. Guilt engulfs the wife who realizes the fact that her husband had not bargained for the lion, but for his poverty, his under-privileged state. He is bitter and sarcastic. From the text, you can see that the young man is very upper class, and looks down on the less fortunate, like the beggar.
She is not feeling well or thinking clearly. The incident is not closed; there are the after effects, nothing is finished off, the problem still exists. The young woman likes the carved lion, but she finds that it is too expensive. He protests that she herself had said it was too expensive. The wall symbolizes the walls of predjudice we build, and the limits we have within our minds thanks to the restrictions of our fears. He was shaking his head with laughter and triumph. Past the dogs; glancing up at the dining car where he could stare at the faces, behind glass, drinking beer, two by two, on either side of a uniform railway vase with its pale dead flower.
In contrast to the mechanical, manufactured symbol of the train to represent the whites, the Africans of the small village are identified with images of nature. He protests that she herself had said it was too expensive. He says that the number of other suns in our galaxy is about 1011. He was shocked by the dismay of her face. For one, the train is from Rhodesia and is to be burdened with white and native problems. All up and down the length of the train in the dust the artists sprang, walking bent, like performing animals, the better to exhibit the fantasy held towards the faces on the train. Middle Even the position of the woman being above him explicitly indicates her status which is above his.
She was looking at it with an expression of not seeing, of seeing something different. As the train pulls out of the station, her shame overwhelms her, and they sit in an angry silence. This book is based around the lifestyle of South Africa, and the law separating the different cultures at that time South Africa no longer has these laws of apartheid as of 1991. This political exclusion insured a monumental divide in the respective standards of living between-whites and non-whites. She feels shameful and sick for exploiting the native Africans, but refuses to explain these feelings to her husband. Out of the window, on the other side, there was nothing; sand and bush; and thorn tree. The young woman drew her head in.
The young woman asks a beggar to show her a lion that he carved himself. By the time people reach Vega, they will have forgotten Earth. Many of us must fight or have fought that battle within self, the Higher self making war on all levels, until eventually we fall literally flat on our backs, exhausted, physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and financially defeated. She even made it through the American Civil Right's Acts, as well as an uncountable amount of natural disasters. Dogs and hens surround the dining car waiting for scraps.
Dogs and hens surround the dining car waiting for scraps. Paul was motivated toward his goal because he was determined to achieve it and gain his mothers love and affection as well as proving to her that he is lucky. The poor villagers flock to the windows of the train, selling items or begging for handouts from the other passengers. A protagonist character is someone who is a main character in the story. Her mouth lifted nervously at the corner. By doing so, certain parts of a story or book will seem more important, in a very private way.
Answer by Kennedith Abdi Ibrahim Gabriel, Toronto-Canada. The train is traveling from Rhodesia, a wealthier area. Thus, his enjoyment is his prime concern instead of the awful lives the natives live. But the hens darted in and swallowed the chocolates, incredibly quick and accurate, before they had even dropped in the dust, and the dogs, a little bewildered, looked up with their brown eyes, not expecting anything. The young woman is interested in a carved lion an old black man has to sell but claims the price is too high.
The story The Train from Rhodesia portrays to be a very interesting short story that depicts the racial discrimination and the social divide between middle and upper class citizens and the poor African natives in South Africa. A dynamic character is one who undergoes an important inner change. The story is based around the train and it explains the thoughts of people going on the train. She went into the coupe and sat down. As the train slowly leaves, the beggar drops his price from three-and-six to one-and-six.