First, violence was widely used by European colonist as a method of subjugating and securing control over indigenous populations here, we can infer that whoever is standing opposite Gemmy has a gun. Moreover, looking at this from a post-colonial perspective, Gemmy's two sentences reveal two interesting facets to the debate of empire and colonialism. They immediately show him to be in a weaker position, begging whoever he has come across (in this case Lachlan) to not end his life. These are Gemmy's, the main character's, first words. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous
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