I believe the role of intellect and strength is to show that they cannot stand on its own. What I mean is that you have nothing if you are book smart and have no common sense and the same with strength. Intellect also represent the quality that the white man is known for, and Ti-Jean being killed by the Devil because he didn't pay attention to the things his book convinced him were rubbish shows that intellect alone is nothing. I also felt he thought he was too smart to talk to animals which prevented him from receiving the proper advice. Gros-Jean felt that he was much stronger and the animals were so insignificant that he also treated them disrespectfully, missing their valuable advice. Which proves that intellect and strength in the wrong hands and on their own is useless.
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Good work.
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