Dear Audrey
I think that the point of the passage is that Lurgan Sahib is testing Kim's
strength of will by breaking the jar and trying to hypnotise him into
believing that the pieces are moving together again. Kim succeeds in
resisting that suggestion, and insists on the evidence of his own eyes. Kim
has emerged successfully from the test, as few had done before.
If he is to be a successfulplayer in the great game of espionage on the
North West Frontier, he will need great resolve and force of character.
I don't know enough about hypnotism to comment on the passage further, but
maybe that will be a start. I am copying your note to some colleagues in
case they have things to add to what I have said.
All good wishes, John Radcliffe
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Date: 23 November 1999 21:20
Subject: PLEASE ! I need help , answer as quickly as possible .
hello ,
I'm a french student who study English . This year , in literature , we
focus on "KIM" by R.Kipling and more precisely on a passage where Lurgan
Sahib makes a trick to Kim with a jar in chapter 9 ( sorry , I don't know if
my sentence is correct or not )
We are asked to comment this passage very precisely and I must confess that
I really don't know what to say about it ; I enjoyed the book but I feel
lost now .
Please , can somebody help me ? it's very important and I 'd do anything to
get explanations and clues . thank you audrey
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