Julius Caesar's Gatoi Language Analysis

“I turned to take the achti to her, then hesitated. For several seconds, I stood in front of the door wondering why I was suddenly afraid. I knew what was going to happen. I hadn’t seen it before but T’Gatoi had shown me diagrams and drawing. She had made sure I knew the truth as soon as I was old enough to understand it. Yet I did not want to go into that room. I wasted a little time choosing a knife from the carved wooden box in which my mother kept them. T’Gatoi might want one, I told myself, for the tough, heavily furred hide of the achti.”(Butler, 3) It is not uncommon for and individual to be willing to participate in and be supportive of an act in theory until the moment the theory becomes a reality. Once the theory becomes something
The use of the word “suddenly” indicates this is not something he ever expected and is very confused by. Due to the trust and faith he has in T’Gatoi and what she had shown him, he doesn’t allow himself to see his hesitation for what it is; the preface of his doubt on the process. The tone shows his reluctance to believe that it is possible he could fear anything related to T’Gatoi. It’s obvious he is choosing to blind himself in the way he attempts to stall going into the room and then proceeds to excuse his actions even just to himself by the use of the word “wasted” when describing how he took the time to choose a knife. The reluctance to admit his fears even to himself is
Although it’s no quite clear to Gan, it is evident to an outside point of view that the Terrans are being suppressed, used, and manipulated. Their laws are upheld by the Tlic government and meant to protect the Tlic, in particular, as illustrated by the laws prohibiting Terrans from possessing firearms and motor vehicles. The Terrans are also restricted to a confined area which they only ever leave when taken out by a Tlic. These characteristics alone describe a society that we, as modern Americans, would recognize as alarmingly similar to previous occurrences in our society such as the suppression of Native