How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
To the great wanderers amongst my friends, the farm owed its charm, I believe, to the fact that it was stationary and remained the same whenever they came to it. (3.6.4)
Earlier we saw how the only thing that changes on the farm is the people who pass through it; now we see the flipside of that statement. Change is good, but if you're a wanderer it can be really nice to have a home base that doesn't change, to give you a chance to catch your breath before you take off on more adventures.
Quote #5
Up till [Berkeley's] death the country had been the Happy Hunting Grounds, now it was slowly changing and turning into a business proposition. (3.7.32)
Berkeley Cole represents, for the Baroness, a sort of humanity in the colony. Even though he's a fancy-pants Englishman who is, let's face it, living off of the Africans, she has a really high opinion of him because he's a gallant guy. After he's gone all the classiness is stripped away and the money-grubbing is exposed for the nasty business it really is.
Quote #6
The man in the story was cruelly deceived, and had obstacles put in his way. He must have thought: "What ups and downs! What a run of bad luck!" He must have wondered what was the idea of all his trials, he could not know that it was a stork. (4.1.18)
The interactive kid's story of a poor guy who runs all over the place falling down and getting scared, just so the storyteller can draw a stork, is helpful for the narrator. She had to deal with lots of difficult changes in her life. When things are really looking bleak, she can imagine that it's all part of a plan to create a beautiful work of art.