HUMAN 1BS Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Slave Narrative
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Hard for him to shoot because he is responsible for torture of the girl. How does buck relate to the girl: girl is helpless, did nothing, domination of the girl. Reads the classics: linguistic superiority, latin and greek epic stories, western classics, reads classics to differentiate self from barbarians. Visiting women: relationships of domination/superiority (possessive, patriarchy. Makes maps: speculative maps (based on storytelling, represents blindness, storytelling. These acts require the barbarians: these acts to show civilization, indicators of civilization. Magistrate trying to be more moral person by opposing torture. Barbarians are more in-depth in language (better in language) Magistrate talks in barbarian language when he himself is being tortured. Tone can be said as physicality of language. Throughout book, magistrate trying to separate himself (tries to distant himself) But at the end, magistrate realizes that he is the same as empire. Magistrate wants to conquer (girl) but can"t see (blindness)
