Running Wild

Still, I am surprised by the book, in a positive way. Here is to hoping that there are no more let-downs.
The entire episode of the apprentices was of high note to me. While this was also a large part of the discussion in class, the importance of the destruction of modern inventions/man made things stood out to me while reading. Since we covered this to a large extent, I won't repeat the arguments, but I do believe that the main intent here was to display the fragility of modern rule, and especially the french rule in africa. (I would not necessary think this was supposed to be applied universally.) 

The next chapter I found equally as interesting, mainly because it displayed what can be considered one of the pivotal aspects of cultural interaction. Especially in this context, when reality was brutal domination, it is fairly interesting to see attempts, or at least thoughts, of peaceful interaction. The specific part of the narration that interested me here was the reaction that ensued after Pierrot expresses his wishes. The extreme disdain towards so much as the idea of this, that is expressed from the guests is one thing, but the reaction that caught my attention more was that of Leblanc. While we are not given much detail of his interactions, only the rejection he received, it still displays an interesting aspect to the brutal nature of colonization, which is explored so often in this novel. It raises a question of whether or not the brutal domination is necessary to accomplish this process of cultural merging. However, this is a much larger question.

Overall, still looking forward to the development of the story, interested to see which arc they continue next.