From Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth The town belongingto the colonized people, or at least…
Contempt is conveyed by the town’s ill repute, while the settler’s awareness of the native’s wish to displace him can imply insecurity and resentment. Thus 3 and 4 is the…
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From Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth
The town belongingto the colonized
people, or at least the native town, the
negro village, the medina, the reservation,
is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of
evil repute. They are born there, it matters
little where or how; they die there, it
matters not where, nor how. The native
town is a hungry town, starved of bread, of
meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native
town is a crouching village, town on its
knees, a town wallowing in the mire. The
look that the native turns on the settler is a
look of lust, of envy…. The colonized man
is an envious man. And this the settler
knows very well… It is true, for there is
no native who does not dream atleast once
a day of setting himself up in the settler’s
place.
(From Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of
The Earth)
What is the settler’s attitude towards
the blacks ?
1. the settler is not afraid
2. the settler considers the blacks
to be harmless
3. the settler is contemptuous of
the blacks.
4. the settler feels resentment
because he knows that his
position is never safe.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer D
Contempt is conveyed by the town’s ill repute, while the settler’s awareness of the native’s wish to displace him can imply insecurity and resentment. Thus 3 and 4 is the nearest interpretation, but the excerpt does not explicitly state fear or resentment. Treat the emotional inference cautiously; harmlessness and absence of fear are not supported.
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