A guide to themes in 'The Cone Gatherers'
Description
The presenter provides a lively consideration of the major themes of The Cone Gatherers by Robin Jenkins. 鈥 Conflict: set at the time of the Second World War, conflict is seen in the battle between good and evil, social classes, man and nature and man鈥檚 internal struggles. 鈥 Nature is represented as both beautiful and cruel. Calum symbolises the innocence of the natural world and is frequently referred to using animal imagery. 鈥 Religion: The forest represents the Garden of Eden, Calum, the figure of Adam and Duror the serpent. Overall, Duror symbolises evil and Calum symbolises goodness. 鈥 Class: is represented at all levels. Lady Runcie Campbell is divided between her duty to uphold the class system and her feelings of equality. Neil hates the class system and sees it as deeply unfair. Caption edit
Classroom Ideas
Can be used as a recap of themes in The Cone Gatherers or could lead into a classroom discussion of key points.
The Cone Gatherers
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