On to Chapter 3 and 4...

Well, as far as these two chapters are concerned I can really not focus on anything but the outset of chapter 3. While the brutality at the end of chapter two already gave me a hint towards this development, the entire situation of the violent protests, and the deaths that ensue, to me symbolize the inherent nature of  the process of colonization. Domination. Along with the brutality that reigns this episode, and the non-negotiable standpoints of the superior force here (the management) it seems to reinforce the point that this book seems to make in regards to colonization, which is that there will be a superior (how to define this superiority is a larger discussion) which will subjugate the community that is being colonized.

Before I continue upon this point, another thing that struck me as interesting has to be pointed out. This is the hierarchy of this oppression. To me, it seemed as if the story tells of the struggle of a subjugated community within a subjugated community. The struggles of the oppressed women of the oppressed community in the setting shows that they will have to cut their way through two levels of subjugation in order to achieve freedom, integrity and empowerment, which I found to be an interesting way to include several levels of plot into the story.


Now, to continue on the point of the oppression, and more specifically, in terms of antagonists in the story (not only as specific persons, but as an idea in general) this seemed to relate to the title, as by the narrative it seems that the general message of the novel appears to be humility, faith, and some manner of connection with the divine which to me indicates some sort of inherent human dignity. Those "bits" who do not seem to conform to this general image appear to be driving the conflict of the novel, and will play into the plot as obstacles, it seems.