Hath providence made you a tool?"
Of course the donkey is a jack of all trades and not too bright at that, and providence is most clearly a reference to God. But what does it mean if he hath made you a tool?
Haley's brother is on mission in Madagascar, teaching people there his religion and proffering them aid at the same time. How is this different than bribery, I wonder? How is the word of his God blinding him to the realities of the struggles of Madagascar? Must he be blinded? Is the existence of his religion good in that it takes him there, or bad in that it disrupts the natural tendencies of human culture and compassion? Are humans in need of a greater power to motivate them to benevolence? Are we so simple as that? Perhaps.
Truly, what is the purpose of the couplet above? I think I will leave that to you.
