Wendy Angulo Productions
The author, Beryl Gilroy explores chattel slavery, classicism, identity and feminism in the novel.
Thomas Inkle is the protagonist you hate but respect. He is a young man from the British upper class that believes he comes from a superior race/nation. Inkle states “our civilization is superior and permanent. I hold others to be ephemeral-and at times grotesque that is our way.” He is fighting to sustain his way of life at the expense of the others in both societies. A man willing to fight to the end for his belief despite being shipwrecked and lived among the Black Caribs for seven years. The author kept the characteristics of the protagonist consistent. The character is not conflicted by his action but the reader is conflicted by his actions hoping he will change his beliefs or react differently at each encounter or turn of events. The reaction and thought pattern of the character is not predictable but it is the intensity to his decision that makes the reader continue reading to the end of the novel.
I give the author 3.5 bookmarks out of 5.
Sharon Shaw
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My Experience with MUSA
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