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"I lead the grey to the gate of the kraal. But there is no feeling in me. It is as if something has died inside me the moment the fury left him."
- Andre Brink A Chain of Voices

This passage has much meaning in it. The horse was a wild beast, but ten minutes later Galant broke it in so it lost all of his fury. He feels bad for the horse since he wants it to run away from the white people and live out where it belongs, the wild. Since he wants the horse should run, he feels nothing because he didn't want the horse to be tamed. This relates to most animals in the world. For instance, dogs, mans' best friend, are not all tamed, but they learn from their masters to behave and therefore are tamed.

I brought the wolf pup home with me. I was all cold inside after killing its mother. I will have to tame him not to be vicious as his mother.