cultural conflict

“Why, he’s made of iron!” exclaimed the general, gazing admiringly on Kiouni. “Of forged iron,” replied Passepartout, as he set about preparing a hasty breakfast. Copses of dates and dwarf-palms succeeded the dense forests; then vast, dry plains, dotted with s...

Judge Obadiah had unfortunately caught Passepartout’s rash exclamation, which the poor fellow would have given the world to recall. “Inasmuch,” resumed the judge, “as the English law protects equally and sternly the religions of the Indian people, and as the m...