Analyze the passage below from the short story “The Conquest of Gola” (By Leslie F. Stone, 1931) and explain how it connects to the theme of the whole story. how are the issues you see being addressed in this specific passage representative of issues that are being explored in the whole story? What other moments in the story support that analysis? analyze how the scene is a key element for a thematic concern the narrative is exploring on a larger scale? analyze how the scene is a key element for a thematic concern the narrative is exploring on a larger scale?
“On Detaxal it is different, for there the peoples, the ignoble male creatures, breed for physical prowess, leaving the development of their sciences, their philosophies, and the contemplation of the abstract to a select few. The greater part of the race fares forth to conquer, to lay waste, to struggle and fight as the animals do over a morsel of worthless territory.” (98)
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