Max meets the Regent and Controleur, and the interaction is very strained on Max’s part. The Regent seems to be trying too hard to make a good impression on everyone. In the carriage, Havelaar and Verbrugge talk about the Division of Lebak and Verbrugge is puzzles by Max rejoicing over the poverty in the region, but he knows that Havelaar is very intelligent. The Resident does not want to house a native woman, Mrs. Slotering, in his house even though they have more than enough space for her, and Mrs. Havelaar argues with him that it make no difference that she is a native woman. Mrs. Slotering is not actually native, she is Dutch, but was born in Java. BD writes a very controversial opinion on the liplap saying that some individual liplap may deserve to be ranked above some Europeans. The coming ceremony for Max to be officially appointed as assistant resident, and the difference between Havelaar and the Resident is pointed out to be greatly different in terms of how they feel about the oath. Max believes that his good nature is a weakness and tries to stop helping people, but forgets his intention to not help the minute someone needs help. Mrs. Havelaar comes from a good family, and her only fault is that she loves Max so much she approves of everything he does.
Sentences
“Admittedly he still did not understand Havelaar’s rejoicing over the poverty in LEBAK; but he persuaded himself he had misinterpreted the man’s words” (98).
“We are not concerned here with what the European would be like if his mental development had been thus impeded from his youth; but it is certain that in general the liplap’s poor schooling hinders he being placed on an equality with the European, even when some individual liplap may perhaps deserve to be ranked above some individual European, as regards culture or scientific or artistic attainments” (101).
“He reproached himself for his good nature as a weakness, as vanity, as a desire to pass for a prince in disguise… He privately vowed to mend his ways, and yet … every time someone or other succeeded in representing himself as a victim of misfortune, he forgot all good intentions in his eagerness to help” (107-108).
Patterns of Repetition and Contrast
(7) her max
(9) she
(3) large family
(2) True, but there are limits
Everytime the Resident speaks the sentence is broken up by a period after each word
