1. The Magistrate begins the book discussing how content he is with his life, and slowly begins more and more unhappy. Why does this occur?
2. Why does the Magistrate wash the woman's feet?
3. Consider the ruins the Magistrate likes to excavate- he uses the excavation as a punishment for soldiers and criminals, but his interest in the ruins is does not continue throughout the book. Why does his interest in them dissipate?
4. Why does he go to the granary to see the prisoners who the Colonel has tortured?
5. Waiting for the Barbarians appears to be a cautionary tale. What is Coetzee warning the reader against?
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