What does Coetzee’s use of the passive voice, what he refers to as the agentless sentence, contribute to our understanding of Waiting for the Barbarians?Explain
In the opening paragraph of Waiting for the Barbarians, Coetzee hints at a relation between the Magistrate and Colonel through the symbolic reflection that the Magistrate sees of himself in Colonel Joll’s sunglasses. Later, when the Magistrate is with the “barbarian girl,” he again sees his reflection in her eyes. What do you think is […]