The Power of One: Notes on Landscape for p.

132-136
Personified House ghoulish, dimly, shedding no real light, face, hollow, door squeaks not unfriendly PK imagines it must be safe because it will have a familiarity to it, with Mom and Granpa there foreboding of Mom: not unfriendly, hollow, no real warmth objective correlative of PKs uncertainty about his mother Restrictive Place sharp light spilledgrateful to escape the restrictions of the small square room (p.133) foreshadowing possible family conditions carbolic soap remind him of boarding school, another restrictive place restrictive link to English heritage: many English artifacts, eg. engraving of dead Zulus; at school, his Englishness was a restriction Kudu Head cramped: the horns of the giant antelope [brushed] the ceiling (p. 133) vs. the grand image of the dead Zulus a prize for sport another article signifying English superiority/dominance What can we understand by the dimensions of the room and the tight nature of the belongings in the home? financial downfall: fewer servants, nothing new in the space except the radio, things are worn out, no car, cold stove old grandeur, British elements: eg. clock familiar and continuous through time and memory, although it sits in a new place; radio discontinuous with the surroundings Tone of Home institutional: eg. carbolic soap, cold welcome on the stove and from the people, the house seems less familiar in the cold light of day PK still has many unanswered questions Kitchen compare old kitchen with new kitchen: old kitchen represents nannys love and care, ie. tended, kept warm; whereas the new kitchen, like Mom, is cold and antiseptic, not warm even when PK did not need her, Nanny had always been there to help, but his mother is more distant (eg. she lets him carry his own suitcase) South Africa Zebra symbolizes South Africa, while a chair of British origins sits on top of it, like being on top of indigenous elements marks on the rug may symbolize the effect of British occupation (ie. worn the hair off the hide (p. 134) = worn down the resources of Africa) The new house is a place at odds with its surroundings and time: it contains British elements even though the house is located in South Africa