In July's People, how did Maureen's character grow and evolve while she was outside soaked in the rain? How did her character evolve when she...

Maureen's character evolved significantly while she was outside soaked in the rain, although this evolution was not entirely positive. Alone in the bush, Maureen comes to realize that her values and even her thoughts are relative to her surroundings. She has shed her traditional European clothing in favor of nudity, marking an evolution in her thoughts towards propriety and modesty. She once judged the village women for their nudity, yet she seems to view her time in the rain as a baptism. It is this experience that marks the turning point in Maureen's character and leads to her feeling of becoming one with the landscape. She notes on page 48 that her body temperature is the same as the rain's, further driving home the idea that she has become one with the forces of nature.

The Evolution of Maureen's Character

Maureen's transformation is a gradual one. She experiences a second baptism of sorts when she discovers that a helicopter is coming into the village. While she previously warned the children about playing in the water, she now wades into it fearlessly. This shows she has evolved past fear and decides to take more risks in life. Another interpretation is that she no longer has the same mundane concerns that plagued her when she first arrived in the village.

There is another scene in which Maureen finds herself staring into the vastness of the bush, an experience that makes her question her own identity. She feels as though she has been filled with nature and that there is no room left for her except to remain as a passive observer. At the end of the book, we see the dramatic toll this transformation has taken on Maureen's character. In the beginning, she believes her family ties and bond with July are much stronger than the harsh reality of the bush proves them to be. When the helicopter arrives, she is all too eager to abandon her family and effectively join the rebels in order to be rescued. There is little trace of the liberal, devoted, and maternal Maureen who existed at the start of the story.

Is there a word/phrase for "unperformant"?

As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...

nouns - what do you call the person who passes the trophies to the prize giver/presenter?

The person who gives out the trophies to the winners are called award presenters. So what do u call the person who passes the trophies to the presenter? Thanks!

Is 'efficate' a word in English?

I routinely hear the word "efficate" being used. For example, "The most powerful way to efficate a change in the system is to participate." I do not find entries for this word in common English dictionaries, but I do not have an unabridged dictionary. I have checked the OED (I'm not sure if it is considered unabridged), and it has no entry for "efficate". It does have an entry for "efficiate", which is used in the same way. Wordnik has an entry for "efficate" with over 1800 hits, thus providing some evidence for the frequency of use. I personally like the word and find the meaning very clear and obvious when others use it. If it's not currently an "officially documented" word, perhaps its continued use will result in it being better documented.

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