1. Describe and analyze Salim’s relationship to Africans.

 

2. What differentiates the “Africa” of the Domain from the “Africa” of the town?

 

3. What is the significance of Raymond’s discussion of history and the impossibility of reconstructing real historical truth?

 

4. Why does Indar consider London the only place he can call home?

 

5. What is Salim’s relationship to Ferdinand, and why does it matter?

 

6. Describe and analyze Salim’s relationship to Metty.

 

7. What do the thousands of insects swarming in the light at the end of the novel symbolize?