Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
2
185
To be sure, it is not easy to change caste, nor is it frequently done.
2
186
Indeed, few would wish to do it.
2
187
Goreans tend to be extremely devoted to their castes.
2
188
In a sense they belong to their caste.
2
189
It is surely part of their self-identity, and not only in their own eyes, but in the eyes of others, as well.
2
190
And, indeed, there are few caste members who are not convinced that their caste, somehow, is especially important, even that it may be, in some way, the most essential or the most estimable of all.
2
191
Surely the peasants, supposedly the lowest of all the castes, have this view.
To be sure, it is not easy to change caste, nor is it frequently done.
Indeed, few would wish to do it.
Goreans tend to be extremely devoted to their castes.
In a sense they belong to their caste.
It is surely part of their self-identity, and not only in their own eyes, but in the eyes of others, as well.
And, indeed, there are few caste members who are not convinced that their caste, somehow, is especially important, even that it may be, in some way, the most essential or the most estimable of all.
Surely the peasants, supposedly the lowest of all the castes, have this view.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter )