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As soon as Doc enters the crystal cave which he and Peekay jointly discover, Doc immediately achieves a connection to it.  He is so overcome by its power that he makes Peekay promise about three to four times that he will never ever tell anyone else about the cave.  Doc may have felt as if the cave was a symbol of Africa, its history, and its people.  Although Doc will most likely never return to the cave, he still felt as if the cave was very special to him.
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{{Blue Message|Revised because I totally missed the focus.  It's not suppose to be about Doc at all}}
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As soon as Doc enters the crystal cave which he and Peekay jointly discover, Doc immediately achieves a connection to it.  Therefore, the cave must symbolize something special to Doc.  He may think that the cave is a symbol of the mystical connection the natives had with their continent.  He may also feel that its discovery by Europeans may violate it, and make it impure.  Since Doc has a special connection to the crystal cave, the cave must symbolize Africa, its history, and its people.
  
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Doc had an immediate connection with the cave after he entered it.  He tells Peekay on page 395, “we have found a place in Africa no one has ever seen, the purest magic cave, the crystal cave of Africa.”  He is like a young boy running around in the cave.  He feels like a young man inside the cave.  But most of all, Doc shows his connection with the cave because immediately, he wishes to be buried in the cave.  Discussing this alarms Peekay, because Peekay was not ready to think about Doc’s death.  Peekay believed that Doc was too good to die, and that death should not happen to Doc.  He does not want his adventures to be over already.
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Doc may have felt as if the cave in someway symbolized Africa<nowiki>’</nowiki>s past, its present and its future.  The cave as it was now, undiscovered by humans, represents the last pure and clean spot on the continent of Africa. Other parts of Africa, after being discovered by Europeans, were exploited for money and made impure by racism.  Doc may believe that this fate would happen upon the cave if Peekay told anyone else about it.  After the Europeans arrived and discovered the wealth of Africa, they enslaved the people and in Doc<nowiki>’</nowiki>s view, ruined the continent.  Doc does not want this to happen to the cave.  In addition, the cave must have also had a mystical spirit to Doc, like the native African tribes.  They practiced strange rituals and has mystical connections with the Earth.  Doc may have thought the cave symbolized this special.  Doc also must have thought that the cave was an interesting geographical feature of Africa.  Africa held surprises at every turn, because it was a large continent covering many different latitudes.
  
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Doc may have been so connected to the cave because he felt as if it symbolized Africa’s past, its present and its future.  The cave as it was now, undiscovered by humans, was pure and clean.  Doc did not want it discovered by humans and trashed and exploited for money, like the continent of Africa was.  He wanted the cave to remain pure and clean, undiscovered by people who would want to hurt it.  The cave must have also had a mystical meaning to Doc, like the native African tribes.  Doc did not want this feeling getting hurt.  Doc also must have thought that the cave was an interesting part of Africa.  Africa held surprises at every turn, because it was a large continent covering many different latitudes.
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Doc must have had a symbolic connection to the crystal cave because it symbolized, in his eyes, Africa, its history and its people.
  
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Whatever the reason, Doc held a psychological connection to the crystal cave he discovers with Peekay.  This can be inferred because of the change in manner of Doc, which Peekay describes as not being normal.  In addition, Doc make Peekay promise three to four times that he would never ever tell anyone else about the cave.  However, Doc shows his connection to the cave most of all because he wishes to be buried in t
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*Told connection through the eyes of Doc

Latest revision as of 01:27, 31 October 2006

English 10 The Power of One – Response 5 - Chap 18-20 – Crystal Cave

Revised because I totally missed the focus. It's not suppose to be about Doc at all

As soon as Doc enters the crystal cave which he and Peekay jointly discover, Doc immediately achieves a connection to it. Therefore, the cave must symbolize something special to Doc. He may think that the cave is a symbol of the mystical connection the natives had with their continent. He may also feel that its discovery by Europeans may violate it, and make it impure. Since Doc has a special connection to the crystal cave, the cave must symbolize Africa, its history, and its people.

Doc may have felt as if the cave in someway symbolized Africa’s past, its present and its future. The cave as it was now, undiscovered by humans, represents the last pure and clean spot on the continent of Africa. Other parts of Africa, after being discovered by Europeans, were exploited for money and made impure by racism. Doc may believe that this fate would happen upon the cave if Peekay told anyone else about it. After the Europeans arrived and discovered the wealth of Africa, they enslaved the people and in Doc’s view, ruined the continent. Doc does not want this to happen to the cave. In addition, the cave must have also had a mystical spirit to Doc, like the native African tribes. They practiced strange rituals and has mystical connections with the Earth. Doc may have thought the cave symbolized this special. Doc also must have thought that the cave was an interesting geographical feature of Africa. Africa held surprises at every turn, because it was a large continent covering many different latitudes.

Doc must have had a symbolic connection to the crystal cave because it symbolized, in his eyes, Africa, its history and its people.

  • Told connection through the eyes of Doc
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