absit Flashcards
TRUE OR FALSE: Absit is Greek word meaning “to be absent”
FALSE, it is a Latin word
what is the issue presented in Absit?
Pedophilia
what is the theme presented in Absit?
Oppression
what is the setting of Absit?
Latin America on an early Saturday afternoon
- Main focus of the story
- Was characterized as pedophilic towards the little girl
- Tried to fight the urge to take advantage of the girl
- Was led into the cistern, and died there
man
Why was the girl’s mother described as a good mother?
it is assumed she taught her daughter to be
careful with strangers
- The foreman who was responsible for landscaping the garden
- Described as respectful as he uses honorifics when talking to the mother
- Thought that the dead body Inside the cistern was a dog
Mr. Laws
How was the girl described after he lead the man into the cistern
“snot-nosed little shit”
Was the oppressed person towards the end of the story
man
TRUE OR FALSE: Absit was translated by Suzanne Collins
FALSE, it was Amelia Gladhart
Who wrote Absit?
Angelica Gorodischer
What are the two Sub Genres of Speculative Fiction?
Utopia and Dystopia
Subaltern meaning
marginalized/oppressed
Characterized as smart, as she avoided the plotted malice by the man
little girl
