Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/hadley_ajana Recent documents in Hadley Ajana en-us Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:07:15 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/hadley_ajana/2 http://works.bepress.com/hadley_ajana/2 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:50:01 PST J.M Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians has been widely interpreted as a political allegory about the use of torture in a security state. This interpretation, though valid, limits the story's significance. The novel has a broader theme that transcends apartheid and European colonization of Africa in the twentieth century. Coetzee broadcasts a universal message: when words are divorced from truth, the law will not serve justice. This insight applies to contemporary America's War on Terror. Hadley Ajana Human Rights Law Law and Literature