Pregunta de Languages, Codes and their Technologies #019e354a
Até ali que sabia das misérias do mundo? Nada. Aquela noite do Castelo, tão simples, tão monótona, fora uma revelação! Era bem certo que a lágrima existia, que irrompiam soluços de peitos oprimidos, que para alguém os dias não tinham cor nem a noite tinha estrelas! Ela, criada entre beijos, no aroma dos seus jardins, com as vontades satisfeitas, o leito fofo, a mesa delicada, sentira sempre no coração um desejo sem nome, um desejo ou uma saudade absurda, a saudade do céu, como dizia o dr. Gervásio, e que não era mais que a doida aspiração da artista incipiente, que germinava no seu peito fraco.
E aquela mesma mágoa parecia-lhe agora doce e embaladora, comparando-se à outra, a Sancha, da sua idade, negra, feia, suja, levada a pontapés, dormindo sem lençóis em uma esteira, comendo em pé, apressada, os restos parcos e frios de duas velhas, vestida de algodões rotos, curvada para um trabalho sem descanso nem paga!
Por quê? Que direito teriam uns a todas as primícias e regalos da vida, se havia outros que nem por uma nesga viam a felicidade?
In this excerpt from Júlia Lopes de Almeida's novel, written in post-abolition Brazil, the narrator expresses a critical view of...
devaluation of art produced by women.
Changes in housing conditions for Black people.
rupture of the political project of women's emancipation.
exploitation of the labor force of the black population.
Power struggle between whites and blacks in the 19th century.
Explicación Oficial / Explicaciones de la Comunidad
Analysis of the excerpt from "The Bankruptcy"
The correct answer is option A. D) exploitation of the labor force of the black population.
1. Social Contrast as a Critical Tool
The fragment is built upon a shocking contrast between two realities: that of the protagonist and that of Sancha.
- The Protagonist: She lives in a world of absolute privilege. She is "raised amidst kisses," has "desires fulfilled," a "soft bed," and a "delicate table." Her sorrows are existential and abstract ("a nameless desire," "longing for heaven"). * Sancha: She is the personification of misery and oppression. She is "black, ugly, dirty," suffers physical violence ("kicked"), lives in subhuman conditions ("sleeping without sheets on a mat"), and, crucially, is subjected to a work regime analogous to slavery.
The protagonist's revelation occurs when she compares her life to Sancha's, leading her to question the profound injustice of the world.
2. The Focus on Labor Exploitation
The description of Sancha's life culminates in the central point of the text's social critique:
- "[...] bent over for a job without rest or pay!"
This sentence is key to the interpretation. In context "post-abolition" As mentioned in the statement, the existence of a Black woman subjected to "unpaid labor" is a direct denunciation of the fact that the abolition of slavery did not mean the end of... brutal exploitation of the black population's laborThe narrator, through the protagonist's eyes, exposes the continuity of an oppressive and unjust social structure, where legal freedom has not translated into dignity or labor rights.
3. Evaluation of Other Alternatives
- A) Devaluation of art produced by women: Incorrect. The mention of the protagonist's "artist's aspiration" serves only to characterize her privileged suffering, and is not the focus of the social critique. * B) Changes in the housing conditions of Black people: Incorrect. The text describes terrible housing conditions, but it doesn't mention a "change." On the contrary, it suggests the persistence of subhuman conditions. * C) rupture of the political project of women's emancipation: Incorrect. The critique is not about gender, but about the intersection of race and class. Sancha's oppression is shown as a result of her condition as a poor Black woman in the post-abolition era. * E) Power struggle between whites and blacks in the 19th century: Incorrect. The text does not depict a "dispute," but rather a relationship of absolute domination and oppression, where Sancha has no power whatsoever.
4. Conclusion
The critical perspective expressed by the narrator focuses on the glaring social inequality in post-abolition Brazil, using the figure of Sancha to denounce how the Black population continued to be subjected to violent oppression. exploitation of their labor force, even after the legal end of slavery.