how does the author charecterize white people

The author uses the characters of Mr. Howlands and Boro to exemplify how passion, when mixed with anger, can easily lead to hatred, violence, and bloodshed. Although he initially appears to be a multi-dimensional character, with loves, losses, frustrations and joys, the English settler, Mr. Howlands, becomes increasingly single-minded in his focus on his hatred for the black "savages," as he calls them. As he gains in power over the course of the novel, he is able to exert significant influence over the town’s black community, implementing rules and punishments according to his own whim. These include using physical torture against almost all members of Ngotho’s family. In contrast, Boro has returned from the War disenfranchised and eager to pursue a cause that will give his life meaning. Although he chooses the return of the lands stolen by the English settlers and becomes a Mau Mau fighter to achieve this change, it is later revealed that his true motivation is a single-minded focus on revenge for his brother, Mwangi’s, death in World War II. For both of these characters, there is an anger towards the ‘other’ that does not lend itself to reconciliation, compromise or understanding.