The Gentleman: resumo de Chapter 23

O que acontece

1. A drunken leader rushes through smoke, inspiring the bloodied crew to follow with whatever weapons they can seize.
2. Kit is carried forward with the men and feels their enthusiasm take hold of him.
3. He sings, shouts, laughs, strikes the fighter ahead, and repeats his comrades’ curses.
4. The narrator contrasts Kit’s delight in killing with the suffering, death, and mourning he ignores.
5. As they race up a ladder, a man calls the fighting fun, and Kit answers with cries of glory.

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O que observar

The sentence separates Kit’s excitement from any judgment of his actions. It makes his joyful participation in killing a form of blindness.

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