tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069546495530731293.post8478604268298448790..comments2022-03-30T05:05:16.595-05:00Comments on Deciphering Hob's Hog: Page 7, Paragraphs 4 - 7Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982978385220015861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069546495530731293.post-46032699577038704882014-09-25T16:50:51.527-05:002014-09-25T16:50:51.527-05:00His behavior isn't just the way 'cave-men&...His behavior isn't just the way 'cave-men' acted - his people are upset with him when they see him trying this.<br /><br />He is quite 'slow'... there is much talk of how he doesn't get ideas/thoughts ("gleanings") as often as others do, and his gleanings are usually not very good anyway. which is why his mother is still taking care of him when he should be on the edge of adulthood, and why the rest of his people don't want him to journey with them once his mother has died.<br /><br />In his interactions with 'the girl', later in the chapter, there is another aspect: he really is a simpleton, a bumpkin, and simple ideas and concepts (like "lying") evade him. So he's not just too dim to pull his own weight in the tribe, he's also a member of a simple people who, like the urk-kine before them, are being edged out of their world by more sophisticated people.<br /><br />Among his people, he was an idiot. Among Hob's people, he was barely human... the perfect offering to Hob's fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069546495530731293.post-91572930015873232232012-01-27T16:43:03.392-06:002012-01-27T16:43:03.392-06:00I forgot the "?"....bit stupidI forgot the "?"....bit stupidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069546495530731293.post-14343949467860826842012-01-27T16:41:21.683-06:002012-01-27T16:41:21.683-06:00I'm confused is his ignorance and...."odd...I'm confused is his ignorance and...."odd" sexual behaviour meant to be just the way cave men acted, or does he have something wrong with him mentallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com