Panther in the Basement is a book written by Amos Oz. To summarize the book, it involves a young Jewish boy in the time leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. Nicknamed Proffy for his book smarts, he seeks the removal of his British oppressors. Throughout the book he must overcome betrayal and get to the root of how to really define being a traitor. As a traitor Proffy tries to fool himself into believing he is something he is not, until he realizes that a traitor isn’t just someone who betrays but someone who cares about something or someone and goes against that which he cares for. In the following paragraphs I will clarify how this is so by showing instances of treachery.
Sergeant Dunlop is a British soldier who often gets put on patrol and one night catches Proffy breaking curfew. Later, Proffy goes undercover for the FOD, or Freedom or Death, to spy on Sergeant Dunlop. As can be seen from the following quotation, Proffy actually cared for Sergeant Dunlop even if......
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