“I don't want to live someone else's idea of how to live. If I die, will you die? You don’t need me.” He refuses to compromise his lifestyle for her desire alone.

When she pleads that she needs him, he counters with “You confuse want with need. Eventually, she tries to claim Dennis tame him make him fall in line with convention. But she cannot overcome her desire to possess. Karen Blixen (or more formally Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke) published in English. Karen falls in love with his free spirit and non-conformity. User Review - stevesbookstuff - LibraryThing. Instantly drawn to the land, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation failed. Some weeks were sweltering hot, and at some point there was an infestation of insects. In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee farm. Karen Blixen, Out of Africa In other parts, she spent time explaining about the vegetation, and the drought. What is it, exactly, that's yours? We're not owners here. In 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I, the Danish Baroness Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya, East Africa, with Baron Bror Blixen, her Swedish husband, to run a coffee farm. Karen Blixens Out of Africa is the lyrical and luminous memoir of Africa that launched a million tourist trails. In one scene, she tells him that she wants her Kikuyu to learn to read. He repeatedly challenges her claims of ownership over people and things. Because he is not bound by material things, he has the freedom to come and go as he pleases (while she remains stuck on her plantation, with her loneliness and her Limoges).

Dennis eschews conventional norms, choosing to live a simple life as a bachelor with few possessions. There is a particular hapiness in giving a man whom you like very much, good food that you have cooked yourself. While living in Kenya, Karen meets Dennis Finch Hatton (played by Robert Redford), a hunter making his living in Africa. The story is actually about non-attachment, a Buddhist principle and core concept of Jesus’s teachings.

Out of Africa by Karen Blixen