Out Of Africa Chapter 1 Summary
Out of Africa Chapter One:
1. New Characters:
• Denys Finch Hatton- was a man in love with nature and humanity
• Farah Aden- Somali boy that was a member of the Habr Yunis tribe
• Kabero- seven year old kitchen boy
• Belnapp- Manager of the Coffee Mill
• Berkeley Cole-British man living in Kenya, and also fought in the Boer war
• Kinanjui- Chief of the neighborhood
1a. New Settings: The Ngong Farm
2. Summary Sentences: Chapter one was about the narrator and one of the Belnapp having some coffee in the afternoon, but shortly after Belnapp left she went upstairs into her room to get ready for bed. As she was getting ready for bed she heard a gunshot, so she went outside to see what was going on. When she got outside she saw some boys going to a dace, so …show more content…
New Settings: Kyama (the hospital)
2. Summary Sentences: In this part of chapter three the narrator and her interpreter go to the hospital to talk to the doctor about the conditions of Wanyabgerri. The doctor tells the narrator that Wanyangerri injury is not to be worried about that he would survive. After talking to the doctor the narrator leaves to go and see Kaninu, to tell him that he would need to pay each of the victim’s family’s one sheep, since his son fired the shots.
3a. Most Important Quote: “I lay in bed and thought of the events of the last months, I tried to understand what it really was that had happened”
3b. This quote is significant because it shows how much affection the shooting incident with Kabero had on Dinesen.
4. Connection to Theme affection because it foreshadows how Dinesen had sleepless nights thinking about the life of Wanyangerri, in terms of if he would live or fie, and the kind of life he would live having an abnormal face.
5. Connection to author’s life by showing how she felt when she would have one of her workers injured or
1. New Characters:
• Denys Finch Hatton- was a man in love with nature and humanity
• Farah Aden- Somali boy that was a member of the Habr Yunis tribe
• Kabero- seven year old kitchen boy
• Belnapp- Manager of the Coffee Mill
• Berkeley Cole-British man living in Kenya, and also fought in the Boer war
• Kinanjui- Chief of the neighborhood
1a. New Settings: The Ngong Farm
2. Summary Sentences: Chapter one was about the narrator and one of the Belnapp having some coffee in the afternoon, but shortly after Belnapp left she went upstairs into her room to get ready for bed. As she was getting ready for bed she heard a gunshot, so she went outside to see what was going on. When she got outside she saw some boys going to a dace, so …show more content…
New Settings: Kyama (the hospital)
2. Summary Sentences: In this part of chapter three the narrator and her interpreter go to the hospital to talk to the doctor about the conditions of Wanyabgerri. The doctor tells the narrator that Wanyangerri injury is not to be worried about that he would survive. After talking to the doctor the narrator leaves to go and see Kaninu, to tell him that he would need to pay each of the victim’s family’s one sheep, since his son fired the shots.
3a. Most Important Quote: “I lay in bed and thought of the events of the last months, I tried to understand what it really was that had happened”
3b. This quote is significant because it shows how much affection the shooting incident with Kabero had on Dinesen.
4. Connection to Theme affection because it foreshadows how Dinesen had sleepless nights thinking about the life of Wanyangerri, in terms of if he would live or fie, and the kind of life he would live having an abnormal face.
5. Connection to author’s life by showing how she felt when she would have one of her workers injured or