The Inheritor
Across
- 4. The man's inner inducement to save the sheep's life
- 5. The greatest human instinct that overcame all the man's fears
- 6. The man wants to do right to the sheep and make the in his eyes correct decision to kill the dingo.
- 9. The man thinks in a ... way without even realizing. He makes it his own duty to save the sheep's life not even thinking about the millions of animals killed in slaughterhouses everyday which he probably eats too.
- 13. Why the man is basically forced to make a decision.
- 14. The way the man acts towards the ewe.
- 16. The man thinks that he is better and more powerful than the ewe and the dingo because he can make conscious decisions.
- 17. The inevitable decision the man has to make (also refers to his position in this situation)
- 18. The animal that becomes of immense value to the man.
- 19. The man is now seen as a ... who saved the ewe's life in an unselfish way, not thinking about his own profits or benefits.
Down
- 1. The second life-threatening force besides the dingo.
- 2. A word that describes the man's feeling of being trapped and being forced to make a decision.
- 3. Doing the right thing versus acting on human instinct.
- 7. The man's feeling of compassion for the sheep.
- 8. A theme of good and ... (represented by the dingo)
- 10. The only other animals on the island beside the ewe and the dingo
- 11. What the theme of the narrative symbolizes.
- 12. The sheep acts as a symbol of the weak and poor, the harmless and the blameless.
- 14. The man's loss and absence of hope
- 15. The man's principles and standards of behaviour which helped him to make a difficult decision.