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Antogonistic Enlightenment - Term Papers

Antogonistic Enlightenment

The universal themes in "The Lesson" and "The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses", are appealing because their authors generate similar insights, despite structural and material differences in treatment. "The Lesson" draws attention to a what blacks have learned as children throughout their history in America; that each generation will suffer some degree of unequal opportunity and that each individual is empowered to effect the severity of that measure. The protagonist in "The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses", is strikingly remarkable mainly due to the fact that initially he is described quite feebly. It is through the story's development that he is later revealed to be durable, deep, and determined. ...

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only now a victim of violence (21). He did not use politics to better his life, until he was imprisoned for only pretending to do so before (23). Brille likens his experience in prison to his experience with his family, he becomes aware of his power to make others behave humanely. Brille's physical shortsightedness is symbolic of a mental shortsightedness, he that it will be more effective to punish Hannetjie's poor behavior like a child. Hannetjie is initially described as inhuman, and his reform by blackmail resulted in him not doing a proper job. Nevertheless, his evoked interpretation of humanity touched surprisingly and sincerely (53).
Sylvia's reactions to seeing a lady on Fifth Avenue in a fur coat, " . . . as hot as it is ", is characteristic of her ideals. She comments, "White folks crazy " in her surmised observation and limited insight (5). Window shopping at F.A.O. Schwartz, Sylvia and her companions are amused and flabbergasted at the prices of things they have ...

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Added: 1/13/2008 09:47:36 AM
Category: English
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