Quotation :“Then he would return upstream to laugh for days at the simplicity of the Sawi in not knowing such obvious details, forgetting that it had been only a few months since he himself had learned the same lessons.” (53)
This quote shows how other sawi members who encountered the “Tuans” faster than the others boasted about their manipulative skills in using the devices that the white people have brought. This also shows that the Sawi members like to brag and like to be in the “lead” of other men or tribes. I realized that even though the Sawi members were barbaric and cannibalistic, they carried similar characteristics just like us. It was wrong to surmise that they were different from us just because the tribe members lived in different cultures, world views and carried different characteristics. Just like any other human being on this earth, they also liked to brag and be in the "lead" among other people. It all comes from the science of human mind. I guess this reflection also connects to the idea of how everyone is equal and same.
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1 comment:
Yes this is an essential concept: the Sawi are just like us. We are all human - God knows that and so our culture is not more important than our humanity. Mrs.Mc.
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