Out Of Africa By Isak Dinesen Analysis

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen is narrated by a European woman who owns a large coffee farm in Africa. She describes things that have happened throughout her life through a collection of stories, and it is evident that she lives life to the fullest. The narrator provides visual imagery of the landscape around her, describing it, “like the colours in pottery. The trees had a light delicate foliage, the structure of which was different from that in Europe” (Dinesen, Out of Africa, 3). The land that is not used for agriculture resided by natives and forest. The natives work on the farm in return for a place to live. Being with and observing the African people, animals, and landscape has taught the narrator about African culture. Although she shares friendshipswith these people, she sometimes feels lonely because of their different cultures and her suggested superiority due to her European background.
The people who work on the farm long to feel connection with the narrator. Kamante is a boy that the narrator approached on the farm, noticing wounds and sores on his body. She tells …show more content…
They spend much time together going on countless adventures, many involving lions. When Denys is not on a safari, his home is the narrator’s farm. One day on a safari together, they observe the land and animals surrounding them and share lunch and wine. On another safari, they shot two lions together. Denys takes the narrator up on a plane, and for this, she says she owes Denys her life. She again paints a picture of the scenery from above, “surprising combinations and changes of light and colouring, the rainbow on the green sunlit land, the gigantic upright clouds and big wild black storms, all swing around you in a race and a dance” (Dinesen, Out of Africa, 229). The narrator’s adventures with Denys brighten her light and give her intense joy and happiness. The times spent together suggest an intimate relationship between