76 In this passage, I somewhat understood what their meeting was about. I am not sure whether Phillip is the leader of one of the rebel organizations, but he talks about the wiping of a guerilla squad that was shown in the newspapers. This helps us visualize the battles that are going on throughout the whole story. Even though the narrator mentions death and war quite a few times in the novella, this is the first time it is the actual topic of discussion. After all, there is a war at Rhodesia during that time and many people lose their lives on a daily basis. As mentioned before, people are so accustomed to seeing dead bodies in the streets, that they barely even pay attention to it. At the center of the photos, however there was a lone survivor. This paper probably tries to show the others who are rebelling what will happen if they continue to oppose Ian Smith's regime.

This passage shows how much such violent acts were a part of the lives of people there at the time. Most of us would be completely shocked if we encountered a similar situation. This not only shows how harsh was life for the natives in Rhodesia, but also gives a general look to the act of war and how gruesome it is. Even the children - the most innocent of all, encounter such situations in their every day life. Not only that, but by using the metaphor: "no one even turned a hair"the author shows how seeing something such as the bodies of executed guerillas was considered common.

I feel like this passage covers a really important issue in most colonies especially in places like Rhodesia. The natives were being assimilated in any way possible. They weren't studying their own history, which is crucial for the conservation of a given nartion. If they are not studying their own history, their identity will slowly fade away and they will become more and more assimilated to their colonizers. However, it is mentioned that he almost got expelled for disobeying the policies set by those in charge. This shows the harsh reality, in which the natives didn't have any control on their own lives and were nothing more than prisoners in their own homeland.

76 After his "speech", Phillip lays back in his chair and leaves the narrator in a state where he can't even laugh, even though we have seen him to do so in situations that have much less comedy than this one. This shows that Phillip's words really affected him, because his words represent the narrator's point of view to some extent. Here, he doesn't seem as disinterested as usual since the topic actually meant something to him. Than, he answers with the words:"Nothing lasts long enough to make any sense". This show his view of the world as a whole. Especially in his home country, nothing lasts forever and he has grown accustomed to that. I assume that's why he usually tries to seem to disinterested in everything - because he doesn't think that it will last long enough to be worth a while analyzing it. However, is that really true or just a way of thinking that the narrator has created by which he doesn't pay attention to things that may even be important simply because "nothing lasts long enough to make any sense"?

73 The beginning of this segment of the story(right after the "..." on the previous page left me a little bit puzzled on what actually is going on and why the narrator is getting beaten. I assume that he is being interrogated so that he can call out names that are part of something I am not certain of. During a mere moment he sees Julia's face, therefore she may be what they are looking for. Why does he picture her? Is there something unspoken between them that he remembers in such a moment or is it simply because he feels affection towards her. Either way, he doesn't say a single thing and gets beaten to the point where there isn't a single spot on his body that isn't hurt. That makes me question what his actual motives are. Throughout the story, we have seen that he isn't exactly sticking to the culture of his home country, and strays further away in his ambition to gain more knowledge. Having that in mind, what makes him take such a beating for it? Maybe it is because of certain people, like Julia, or the narrator may simply be more attached to his homeland than what he makes it seem. Still, I believe I am unaware of his actual motives.

pg 58 This passage shows the effect of colonization on the native people in Rhodesia. As the narrator says: "Most educated Africans like the word "awfully", the word "actually", the phrase "Is it not?" These words and phrases are all in English and are a common thing to hear from a person whose native language is English. That way we see that the Africans that are considered educated are the ones who learn English and turn their backs on their mother tongue. The narrator calls this words and phrases "the open-sesame to success". This expression comes from story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", and is the thing you have to say in order to open a cave and find a hidden treasure. In other words, the narrator uses this expression to show that by using common English words, it is easier for one to find success in Rhodesia because that way they look more civilised. Then he implies that in order to fit in, these people have learned to imitate the class-consciousness and the conservative snobbery that goes with it, even though they are able to shout the words liberation and polygamy while doing so. That way he mocks these people for the contrast between their actions as well their willingness to suddenly switch sides and abandon their former patriotism in order to benefit themselves.That's why the narrator refers to their actions as "unhinged", which means mentally unbalanced and deranged.

56 As the narrator mentions, Phillip doesn't fully trust him no more because a certain woman.I am not exactly sure on who he has in mind but I assume it's Julia since he is the one who led him in charge of her in the past. By saying that Phillip mentioned "Judas figure" and "The chap who betrayed Troy. Incanor, was it?" the narrator makes a connection with both the Bible and "Odyssey" by Homer. Both of the mentioned characters are famous for their grand betrayals that have been regularly used as an example for any betrayal in history. I assume Phillip also feels like his best friend betrayed him in a similar way. By mentioning these characters he emphasizes on how he feels because of what has happened. Then the narrator talks about what it would be like for the human body to have a built-in Trojan Horse. This is another connection to "Odyssey" and mentiones the Trojan Horse, with which the attacking forces managed to sneak into Troy and conquer it from the inside. Even though this connection isn't presented in a serious manner in the text, it shows a rather interesting concept. What if, the Trojan horse inside each person holds their true intentions and their true face from the real world. That may try to indicate that people are not always what they seem like, and can turn out to be completely different compared to what is shown on the outside.

47-48 This passage shows a rather important development in the narrator's mind. In this distant memory we see how he manages to free himself of the demons that were tormenting him everywhere he went. Everything happens during a storm, which directly reflects what's happening in the narrator's head. It is as if the storm not only represented the destructive force of nature, but also the force he used to cast the demons out once and forever. In the passage, he also says: "I almost cried with glee." The narrator's words show how much fear and paranoia these demons had striked into him to the point that the thought of them being gone is enough to make him cry out of happiness. This one of the few rare instances where the narrator shows such intense emotions. As he mentiones: " They had erased themselves into the invisible airs of the storm." This further shows that along with the natural disaster going outside, another storm was ongoing inside the narrator's mind which was able to curse out the demons that had been bothering him for so much time. The author also uses the following expression: "The daemon had been exorcised and gone into the Gadarene swine". This is a connection to the Bible that mentions one of Jesus's miracles, in which he excorcises a demon out of a man while being in a herd of swine.

The narrator describes an instant in which these "demons" as he refers to them follow him around during his daily life wherever he. He fears them to the point that he is getting paranoid and as mentioned further down in the text, he started getting scared of everything and believed that everybody is trying to poison him. Even though nobody else sees them, he lives in constant fear of them and even though he tries to ignore them, they remain there. That may be a metaphor to the character's life as a whole. He's surrounded by demons left and right and there is nothing he can do to free himself from them. In order to ignore them, he has created his concept of the so-called "disinterested intervention.This can be taken into consideration for every soul in our world. Everybody has their demons that are not seen by the others. People have different ways of dealing with them - for some it may be easier, but for others not so much. In the narrator's case they are all around him, surveying his every move, tormenitng him to the point that he even questions his own sanity.

In the passage the author throughouly describes Julia and points out how much she has changed since he last saw her. She probably did all of that to appeal to white people since by reading the text so far, we can imagine how hard it is for native women to thrive in Rhodesia at that time.

(28-29)At this point, it is made clear that the narrator has published some of his works and people around are recognizing him because of it.

Since we know that Harry used to work as a police spy, seeing that he has a pair of handcuffs on his waist hints that he has probably continued to do something in that sphere. He may have tried to showcase them in order to strike fear or to show authority, but then scuffled them out of sight like it was done by mistake.

The situation that not only the author but also most people in Rhodesia as a whole are in makes the author seem mad at some points. He realized the "cruel sarcasm" that rules their lives and can't help but laugh at it. He is well aware that he is dependent on it and can't do anything to escape from it. This is the second time we see the author laugh at a situation that is not really suitable for such behaviour. These are some of the many moments in which the author behaves inadequately. My guess is that living in such an environment has driven him crazy to some extent, and at times he isn't able to control himself.

(11) We take a glimpse of what is the author's attitude towards most subjects. He wants too seem disinterested in such things, but at this situation something bothers him, even if its in the slightest. He may feel something for that girl which led his intervention to be less disinterested than what he intended.

(11) By comparing the eyes of the House of Hunger to some indefinable beast, the author helps the reader further grasp at the situation these people are in. They are just like prey in their own homeland without a way to escape from their fate. They are just like prisoners, deprived from a sense of freedom and equality, living in this methaphorical house of hunger, which isn't simply a place, but the actual feeling of existing in such atmosphere.

• a light yellowish-brown cloth made usually of cotton or wool (a uniform made of khaki)

The feeling of emptiness deep inside their hearts.

A small amount of sense