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Posted by Pjk on November 06, 192000 at 22:43:28:
In Reply to: kilimanjaro's leopard? posted by amelia on November 06, 192000 at 09:20:49:
: what is the significance of the statement at the begining of "the snows of kilimanjaro" and the leopard (which is not mentioned again for the rest of the story)?
All throughout the story, the dying man's primary concerned, his
*only* concern, seems to be about the things that he will never
be able to write, the things that he had saved to write until he was
good enough to write them well enough. So, by extension, I think we
can say that he is concerned whether or not what he has already written
will be forgotten or will his works be immortalized?
Suppose we see the condition of the leopard, the "...dried and frozen
carc..." as having been preserved in the snow for all time, and its position
at "...[the] western summit ... called the Masai 'Ngaje Ngai,' 'The House of
God." Is it too much of a stretch to think of the leopard as having been allowed to
enter Heavan and attain immortality? A Leopard: A " heraldic representation of a lion
pant ["walking with the forepaw raised." so not dried and frozen but alive and walking]
guardant ["having the head turned toward the spectator; a guardian"].
So,is it too much to ociate the leopard with the life's work of the writer?
hth
Pjk
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