Gentleman of the Jungle

In Kenyattas The Gentlemen of the Jungle, man renders space in his shack to elephant who seeks protect from man. piece of music resorts to violence after elephant and the rest of the animals take advantage of his kindness. my deer good man, will you interest let me put my trunk inside your hut to keep it out of this torrential rain? asked the elephant, knowing actually well that he needed more space than just what his trunk was going to occupy.Man invited elephant to put his trunk in, once invited, the elephant pushed his whole body into mans hut pushing man out of his hut as there is not enough room for both of us, you bunghole afford to remain in the rain while I am protecting my delicate genuflect from the hailstorm said the elephant. Against the matchless touch beast man was dish outless so he seeks the help of the King of the jungle, who deems the elephant to be just. With no one to turn to for justice, man resorts to violence.Under the pretence of civilizing Africa , colonial designers entered into Africa and brought tobacco whisky and religion, once in, they took gold flatware and spice to nourish their land as did the elephant to protect its delicate skin. Colonial inhabitants like the Elephant were big and powerful. Against their shooter powder and muskets, the sharpest African spear is blunt they were more advanced in weaponry and king-sizedr in number since Africa was then divided into many little tribes. There are several reasons why colonizers explored the arena.Although their source for Africa is made known after the colossal damage they caused in Africa, their facade was the premise of making the world a better place for all to live. The colonizers of Africa needed resources to build the life of luxury they wanted, but they had a problem they did not have enough resources in their land to live the lifestyle they wanted and then the exploration. The Colonizers took more than they were offered by the Africans. Elephants are know n to show up calm and docile, but can be very violent.An elephant is unpredictable and can turn on any one at any time, with a in high spirits probability of causing colossal damage to their surroundings. According to www. discovery. com, an elephant is the beast which passes all others in wit and mind. With this fellowship of elephants capability to outsmart man, one can argue that elephant intentionally asked for mans help with the ulterior motive of taking what is rightfully mans property. The hide of an elephant is very hard and can withstand any burden hence why the elephant is referred to as a beast of burden.The scientific figure of speech for an elephant is pachyderms, which means thick-skinned animals. Elephants statement that his skin is too delicate is insulting, and condescending to man, considering the incident that an elephants hide is very rough and rugged a characteristic that is quite opposite of the delicate skin of man. One can argue that this is an effort b y the author to give the reader a glimpse of the attitude of colonizers towards Africans the attitude of the African being inferior to the colonizers.Once in Africa, in this case, mans hut, with the size and might of an elephant, the natural inhabitants of Africa were pushed out of their land. How then does one defend himself from a beast that weighs a ton, to whom do you ask for help if your cry for justice is suppressed with what is an unjust law? The African allowed the colonizers on to their land and the colonizers established their own law on the land of Africa to judge and dissolve disputes how they see fit. some other point that sparks my attention as a reader is Kenyattas resource of the members of the animal estate.Why the choice of the lion, buffalo, leopard, and hyaena as the intruders of mans hut, and the members of the ruling committee of this case. Why not a cat, a mouse, or any other domestic animals? To further investigate the genius of these animals, an in-depth research was done on the personalities of such animals. The head of the Judging committee, the Lion, is notorious for its greedy nature. Lions sneak what is not rightfully theirs. It is in their nature to take advantage of weaker species whenever the opportunity presents itself. The hyena is by nature a scavenger.The spotted African hyena features prominently in African mythology and folklore, where its portrayal varies from being a bringer of light, to a symbol of immorality and depravity. (www. wikipedia. com) African folklore associates the hyena with immorality and depravity this says a lot about the hyena in this story considering the fact that it was a member of the unjust rulers of the animal kingdom, and also an intruder to mans hut which he built for himself. Hyenas are opportunistic and consistently fight with lions in the wild because theyd rather steal the lions food than hunt for themselves.The rhino is a bully. Most people view the rhino as a slow lumbering animal ho wever, they can turn 180 degrees at the wink of an eye and when necessary can run remarkably fast. The leopard operates with stealth, and is known to be the most secretive, shrewdest and elusive of the large carnivores. It is the strongest climber of the large cats and capable of killing prey larger than itself. All of the above named animals have tendencies to appear docile, but have great capabilities of doing damage.It is not like the nature of these animals to even co-exist together. However, in this story, they, like colonial powers unite and form an alliance against man, the African. Like the recurring theme of colonizers taking Africas wealth, the animal kingdom continues taking from man. The colonial powers, like the elephant had ulterior motives of taking whats rightfully the property of man, the African. This constant power struggle and trend of injustice and disregard for the African caused the African to seek violence as the supreme problem solver.