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Waiting for the barbarians by J.M.Coetzee is a fine book that portrays or depicts civilization at its worst. In the beginning, I found the book to be boring, but other parts, especially towards the end, were very thought provoking and interesting to read. The book starts out with a thrilling opening, but then moves on into a dreary description of the magistrate’s routine life. The beginning illustrates the empire’s brutality and very appalling ways of punishment. “Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt” (5). In the story the magistrates realizes that maybe the empire is not everything it is talked up to be, and that perhaps the empire’s inhumane punishments are wrong and possibly over used. Cruelty, in a sense is portrayed through Colonel Joll’s actions. It gives the reader a harsh and depressing picture of a corrupt empire run by a tyrant. The novel begins with an aspect of torture from Colonel Joll.
Approximate Word count = 586
Approximate Pages = 2.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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