The Kingdom of This World
What happens in Parts 1 and 2 of "The Kingdom of This World" by Alejo Carpentier?
Kingdom of This World
Kingdom of This World
• As the novel begins in Part One: Chapter I, titled “The Wax Heads,” Ti Noël, an African slave of French plantation owner M. Lenormand de Mézy in the Caribbean, is an expert horseman and immediately picks out a stallion for his owner from among twenty horses.
• Ti Noël also observes the bright posters in a nearby bookseller's, asks about a black man portrayed on a throne, and learns that it's a portrayal of a king of Ti Noël's country.
• In Part One: Chapter II, titled “The Amputation,” Macandal, the great storyteller and carrier of African culture, is milling sugar cane when his arm gets caught in the machine.
• Slaves and the master rush in and apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, and the master calls for a machete to cut off the useless arm.
The Kingdom of This World