Cloud 9 Power Quotes

When Harry Bagley is left alone with the servant Joshua, he asks the boy if he'd like to have some sex in the barn. Since Joshua is a servant, Harry makes sure to add that this isn't an order, since he wants Joshua to agree of his own free will. But even the fact that Harry mentions this shows us that Joshua is in a position where he could be ordered to have sex.

Mrs. Saunders has come to Clive for protection, but she soon realizes that it's Clive who she needs to be protected from. Basically, Clive agrees to give Mrs. Saunders a sense of security… in exchange for sex. He blackmails her by using his authority as a local government official and the fact that he has a lot of guns in his house.

When Mrs. Saunders has finally had enough of not being in control her own life, she decides to leave Africa for good. She wants power over herself and her life, so she decides to head back to England and buy a farm. Then she'll finally be her own boss.