__ Friday, March 23, 2007 ;
The Limits Of Trooghaft
The story is about a period in time when mankind has been conquered by an alien species, known as Trooghaft. Men are either kept as pets or hunted and slaughtered as food. The behaviour of the Troogs towards Humans and human behaviour towards Animals is very similar in this story. The Troogs divided the humans into four castes. The castes are The Housemen, The Capons, The Ferocious Hound-men and The Quarry-men. The Housemen are humans that were bred as pets. The Capons are humans (mostly women) that are bred for food for the Troogs. The Hound-men are humans meant for hunting the Quarry-men. The Quarry-men are men that have been protected by the most laws. Every five years, there was the Nova Feast where the Troogs hunted men for food and all laws were abandoned. The first attempt to communicate between the two species was through a library in the fifth Troog century. In the story, a quarry-man named Blake is approached by a Troog who was much an exception among his species as Blake. The Troog communicated with Blake through a typewriter and told him that he was against the idea of Troogs eating Humans for food and the Troog also told him of what troogs used to be. The Troog tells Blake that he wants to revive the true Trooghaft and to build a bridge between Trooghaft and Humanity. Blake decides to trust this Troog and not hide or run in previous occasions. However, his woman was captured and cooked in a cauldron and the Troog that had communicated with him had done nothing to save his woman, but instead joined in the feast in which his woman had been cooked. This story reminds us of the cruelty of man towards animals and this story serves as a timely and necessary warning to humans.
Segregate
-verb (used with object)
1. to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
2. to require, often with force, the separation of (a specific racial, religious, or other group) from the general body of society.
–verb (used without object)
3. to separate, withdraw, or go apart; separate from the main body and collect in one place; become segregated.
4. to practice, require, or enforce segregation, esp. racial segregation.
5. Genetics. (of allelic genes) to separate during meiosis.
–noun
6. a segregated thing, person, or group.
Intermittent-Stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again
Arbitrary-
1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion.
2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical.
4. capricious; unreasonable; unsupported Eg. an arbitrary demand for payment.
Hermaphrodite-An individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present.
Inhibit-
1. to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check.
2. to prohibit; forbid.
Rumps-The buttocks
Fastidious-
1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy.
Malodorous-Having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad
Hedged-Restrict
Docile-
1. easily managed or handled; tractable.
2. readily trained or taught; teachable.
Surreptitious-Obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized
Nomad-A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.
Respite
-noun
1. a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief.
2. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve.
–verb (used with object)
3. to relieve temporarily, esp. from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from.
4. to grant delay in the carrying out of (a punishment, obligation, etc.).
Extolled-Praised highly
Contemptuous-Showing or expressing contempt or disdain
Throes-Agony of death
Speculated-To reflect
Deduce-To derive a conclusion; infer
Cynic-
1. A person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness.
2. A person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative.
Insentient-Without sensation or feeling
Protuberant-Bulging out; protruding
Tumultuous-
1. full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar.
2. raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy.
3. highly agitated, as the mind or emotions; distraught; turbulent.
Pirouetted-Whirled around
Repugnance-Strong distaste
Doleful-Sorrowful
Anguish-Suffering
Remote-Not direct
Lithe-Flexible
TimmyBoi *
has flew away at 2:49 AM ;
[ Layout ] Angel of Memory