The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: do, and so have I. I came to the Solomons to work, not to be
escorted about like a doll. For that matter, here's my escort, and
there are seven more like him."
Adamu Adam stood beside her, towering above her, as he towered
above the three white men. The clinging cotton undershirt he wore
could not hide the bulge of his tremendous muscles.
"Look at his fist," said Tudor. "I'd hate to receive a punch from
it."
"I don't blame you." Joan laughed reminiscently. "I saw him hit
the captain of a Swedish bark on the beach at Levuka, in the Fijis.
It was the captain's fault. I saw it all myself, and it was
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