The Hands of the Blacks Flashcards
- identify the elements of the story's narrative - remember names
1
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Setting -
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Village, believed to be in Europe
2
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Believes that blacks were apes so their were on all fours
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The teacher
3
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Father Christiano
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says its because they’re so helpless/hopeless, therefore their palms are whiter and isn’t revealed to the sunlight
4
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Senhor Frias -
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Says that they are dirty, and dipped their palms in some holy water because the water was too cold
4
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Senhor Antunes
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Says all the people in heaven had a meeting to make Black people, using secondhand mold, they had to hold on while they were getting cooked
5
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Dona Estefania -
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due to all the bleach when they’re cleaning
6
Q
Dona Dores
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- So they wouldn’t dirty the food they serve
7
Q
Mother
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- God made their hands the same to remind them that they are all equal. That their work is the same ‘cause hands = work
8
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Theme -
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Prejudice
9
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Conflict -
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Why are black’s palm’s are white
10
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Symbolism
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- Hand = work //
11
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author
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by Luis Bernardo Honwana
