There are several grounds why Kayerts hangs himself at the terminal of the narrative. Previously. he shoots Carlier by chance after they have been reasoning about the sugar. Kayerts feels lifelessly ill ( p. 33. l. 64 ) shortly after killing his helper and merely friend at the trading station. Afterwards. Makola appears and negotiations with Kayerts. Makola arrives at the decision that Carlier “died of fever” ( p. 34. l. 21 ) and Kayerts merely remains soundless. Kayerts could hold killed himself because he feels entirely. which becomes most obvious on page 34. ll. 6-28.
His lone ‘friend’ he could speak to is dead. Furthermore. he shot an unarmed spouse and could be afraid of being arrested. ( which is non in the text… ) He lost his friend and spouse and can’t continue life without him. Besides. he feels guilty because he accepted the merchandising of the slaves. which is – of class – forbidden. ( p. 25. ll. 55-64 ) This could be one ground. why Kayerts didn’t see another possibility to acquire rid of all his jobs than hanging himself. Another important point is his girl Melie.
He can non come across Melie because he would let down her by his ain failure. Furthermore. Kayerts seems to understand that colonialism is all about development ( p. 36. ll. 3-7 ; p. 34. ll. 37-2 ) Makola had said that “Carlier died of fever” . which was a prevarication. Kayerts does non desire to lie. He can non populate with this prevarication because of his bad scruples. This desperation can be found on page 34 ll. 28-36 and p. 35 l. 64 when he prays to god. From these lines we can deduce that Kayerts thinks about human life. which has no sense for him ( p. 34 ll. 0/31 ) At the very terminal of the narrative. the soft-shell clam is geting at the station.
Kayerts is likely nervous and afraid of his manager because Kayerts and Carlier failed. He has perchance no pick and does non see a point in life. Equally far as I am concerned. all those grounds are brought into contact and explicate why he hangs himself. There is non merely one ground for perpetrating self-destruction. Of class. there are more of import and less of import factors. but all these lead to his self-destruction. To my head the chief point is that Kayerts has cipher who helps him to acquire out of this state of affairs.
