Read the excerpt. mr. and mrs. farquar … asked the scientist to lunch. … gideon … said grudgingly: “the big baas want to know what medicine i used? ” he spoke incredulously, as if he could not believe his old friends could so betray him. mr. farquar began explaining how a useful medicine could be made out of the root, and how it could be put on sale, and how thousands of people … could be saved by the medicine. … [t]hey all realized he would never give in. the magical drug would remain where it was, unknown and useless except for the tiny scattering of africans who had the knowledge … power and wisdom. how does cultural conflict influence gideon’s actions in doris lessing’s “no witchcraft for sale”? gideon leaves his position as a servant to become a healer. gideon decides not to serve a family that will not honor his customs. gideon refuses to give up a power his people have that the whites do not. gideon the scientist make trouble for the farquars.