Kayerrt Character Analysis

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As far as the characterization of the main persons in the short story is concerned, Carlier, Kayerts as well as Makola will be analyzed in the following including a direct plus an indirect characterization. Firstly, Kayerts's outward appearance is described as him being ”white“ (l.1) and ”short and fat“ (l. 2). He is the ”chief“ (l. 2) of the station. When coming to Kayert's background story, you can detect that he used to be a ”government clerk“ whose wife is dead and has a daughter. His daughter Melie was raised by his sisters (cf. p. 9, ll.38) and Kayerts worked hard for her in order ”to earn a dowry for his girl“ (p. 9, ll. 37) So eventually you can state that Kayerts is a very caring person in regards to his family. Moreover, Kayerts is painted as an emotional and subservient …show more content…

For instance, they are both stupid and lazy (cf. p. 10, l. 11), ”untidy“ (p. 6, l. 29) as well as ”child[like]“ (p. 8, l. 33). Their illiterateness is key for the whole story and is described directly in the story by saying that ”[t]he two men understood nothing, cared for nothing [...]“ (p. 11, ll. 22) because they are used to being ordered around in the safe network of society (cf. p. 9, ll. 32). Thus, their lack of education brings along a narrow-mindedness, they are ”[only aware] of what [comes] in contact with them […], but unable to see the general aspect of things“ (p. 10, ll. 17). For these named reasons they are entitled as ” two embicibles“ (p. 7, l. 39). Another important component of their personality is their relationship to each other and Makola. Here you can mention that both Kayerts and Carlier have a sincere and good relationship to each other and call each other ”‘my dear fellow‘“ (p.9, l. 13). When regarding the relationship to Makola, they both cherish him very much even though he initiated the slave trade (cf. p. 16, ll. 47). On the opposite, Makola ”despise[s] the two white men“ (p. 6, l.

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