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Post by Caitlin on Mar 13, 2015 7:22:44 GMT -5
Another incident where Calum is shown to be an innocent is in the Lady’s deer drive, which the brothers are forced to take part in. Jenkins uses a metaphor to connect Calum directly with the deer of the deer drive. “Calum no longer was one of the beaters; he too was a deer hunted by remorseless men.” Calum sympathises with the deer so he tries to save it and protect it. Duror has been hunting Calum ever since Chapter 1 when he was stalking them and Calum here is being hunted again foreshadowing Calum’s death at the end of the novel. He feels he is one of them and feels the fear they feel too.
After this Calum throws himself on the deer to protect it from Duror while Duror is approaching him with his dogs by his side. “Screaming in sympathy, heedless of the danger of being shot, Calum flung himself upon the deer, clasped it round the neck, and tried to comfort it.” By showing Calum to be a deer it explains that Calum is at one white nature and animals. This also shows that Calum is at one with nature and animals. This also shows that Calum does not understand why animals or people are killed for pleasure referencing back to the bigger image of the world at war and innocents like Calum being killed. This is exactly why Neil did not want any involvement with the deer drive as he knew that Calum wouldn’t be able to handle seeing an innocent creature die.
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