Passage: "Set up by the civet cat, the spy, the eye, the hunger of a superior need, Mathuselah is free of his captivity at last. This is what he leaves to the world: gray and scarlet feathers strew over the damp grass. Only this and nothing more, the tell-tale heart, tale of the carnivore. None of what he was taught in the house of the master. Only feathers, without the ball of Hope inside. Feathers at last at last and no words at all."
What is not added in this passage, is how this same day Mathuselah is set free, it is also the day of independence for the Congo. This entire passages foreshadows on how the Congo will survive with their new freedom. For when Mathuselah was freed, in a very short amount of time, he was killed without any words at all. The fact that both were granted their independence on the same day, corresponds to what will happen to the Congo eventually. It is also very interesting how "Hope" is capatilized in this passage. It gives emphasize on that fact that although the Congo did just receive their independence, their is no hope for a successful government and society to arise out of such chaos.
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