Thomas was a writer by occupation. Thomas was an objective writer. His book was not obscure at all. To write an other good book, he went to a village working there as an occasional worker. The village had been in the occupation of a headman for thirty years. He was an obstinate¹ man. He obliged the villagers to obey his orders. Obedience² was an obligation falling on every villager. The villagers were obedient to him. Every order had been observed well. No one made any objection. On occasion, the villagers swore an oath to support the headman. Thomas was there on such an occasion. various objects were put on the table. One of them was an oar³. It was made of oak. He observed the oath ceremony carefully. It was obvious that lack of education was an obstacle of their awakening⁴. Thomas objected to this kind of obsolete⁵ autarchy. He smoked an occasional cigar. Thinking of the solution occupied most of his free time. Though the headman adopted a policy of obstruction⁶, Thomas led the people to obtain their civil rights. The villagers had succeeded in their main objectives. They were obliged to Thomas for what he had done for them.

托马斯的职业是作家.托马斯是个客观的作家.他的书一点也不晦涩.为了再写一本好书,他去了一个村庄,在那里做了一名临时工人.村庄在一个酋长的占领之下有30年了.他是一个顽固的人.他迫使村民遵从他的命令.服从失落在每个村民身上的义务.村民们对他都很顺从.每项命令都被很好地遵守了.没人发出任何异议.不时,村民们还发誓约来支持这个酋长.托马斯出席了一次这样的场合.不同的物体被放在桌子上.其中一件是一支浆.它是橡木做的.他仔细观察了誓约仪式.很明显缺乏教育是他们醒悟的一个障碍.托马斯反对这种过时的专制.他偶尔抽一支烟.思考解决方案占据了他大部分的空余时间.虽然酋长采取了妨碍政策,托马斯还是领导村民们获得了他们的民权.村民们成功地到达了主要目标.他们很感激托马斯为他们做的一切.