The Coming Race · Chapter
XII explained
The narrator delves into the language of the Vril-ya, describing its evolution through isolating, agglutinative, and inflectional stages, and provides examples of word formation, grammar, and political terminology such as Koom-Posh and Glek
What happens
The narrator delves into the language of the Vril-ya, describing its evolution through isolating, agglutinative, and inflectional stages, and provides examples of word formation, grammar, and political terminology such as Koom-Posh and Glek-Nas.
Themes in this chapter
Critique of Democracy and American Politics
The narrator explains Koom-Posh as 'Hollow-Bosh' and Glek-Nas as 'universal strife-rot,' offering a satirical view of democratic governance.
Characters to notice
- The Narrator
The narrator analyzes the Vril-ya language and its historical development.
Key passages
“Koom-Posh is their name for the government of the many, or the ascendancy of the most ignorant or hollow.”
Koom-Posh refers to rule by the many, where the ignorant or empty-headed hold power.
The narrator defines a key political term of the Vril-ya.
“Glek-Nas may be construed, 'the universal strife-rot.'”
Glek-Nas means widespread conflict and decay.
The term describes a state of societal collapse due to popular passion or ferocity.