![]() ![]() It seemed to him that he must have failed in some way in manhood." - Major Scobie, pg. "He felt as though he had been detected in a mean action he had asked for money and had been refused. This is why Yusef gets what he wants and is later able to take advantage of Scobie. Yusef, in particular, is always honest and never bothers to conceal his ambitions or machinations. ![]() He admires in others what he cannot find in himself. Scobie does not even understand his love for God. Even when he thinks he is being forthright, he is not fully aware of his true motivations or desires. This characterization is the opposite of Scobie, who cannot be truly honest with himself, his wife, his mistress, or even God. He feels that the people who live there are open and honest in their dealings with themselves and with others. ![]() Scobie thinks about why he loves being in the colony after an early encounter with Yusuf. Here you could love human beings nearly as God loved them, knowing the worst: you didn't love a pose, a pretty dress, a sentiment artfully assumed." - Major Scobie, pg. Heaven remained rigidly in its proper place on the other side of death, and on this side flourished the injustices, the cruelties, the meannesses, that elsewhere people so cleverly hushed up. "Why, he wondered, swerving the car to avoid a dead pye-dog, do I love this place so much? Is it because here human nature hasn't had time to disguise itself? Nobody here could ever talk about a heaven on earth. ![]()
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