Read the excerpt from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. And the intimate profundity of that look he gave me when he
received his hurt remains to this day in my memory-like a
claim of distant kinship affirmed in a supreme moment.
Read the excerpt from "An Image of Africa: Racism in
Conrad's Heart of Darkness."
It is important to note that Conrad, careful as ever with his
words, is concerned not so much about "distant kinship" as
about someone laying a claim on it. The black man lays a
claim on the white man which is well-nigh intolerable. It is the
laying of this claim which frightens and at the same time
fascinates Conrad.
What does Achebe's use of the phrase "laying a claim"
suggest about hisperception of Conrad?,
It reveals that he is using the phrase ironically to describe
an unlikely relationship.
o It shows that he thinks that Conrad is uncomfortable with
the idea of African power.
It shows that he is trying to suggest a more profound,
long-lasting, and spiritual claim than Conrad did in the
novella.
It reveals that he is using the phrase in a more positive
way to suggest that there are invisible bonds that link
black and white people.

Read the passage from animal farm. as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. she knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of napoleon. but still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. it was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of jones's gun. such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them. what was most likely orwell’s purpose for writing this passage? to show that clover is more sensitive to violence than the others to remind readers of major's speech and the original rebellion to present napoleon as a cruel leader unworthy of the animals’ support to represent misled followers and their dashed hopes for better lives