When it
came to reading this chapter on “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” I found myself
struggling with what the chapter was attempting to say. I stumbled over several
words and found myself going very slow due to the wordiness of some sentences.
Mainly what ran through my mind is what the author, Paulo Freire, must have
gone through to write something of this nature. I found myself constantly
thinking of the common groups of people who had been oppressed back in the day,
such as the Jews and The Native Americans. This chapter seam to paint a very
vivid picture as to the cruelty and what happens to the oppressed.
As this
chapter continued on, I felt like I became much more involved and almost
wondered what had happened to the author to write something of this nature. I
became fascinated with how he decided to word certain things and describe both
the oppressed and the oppressors. One of the best lines I read is when he
discusses how freedom is not free and we must fight for it, which really
strikes home and reminded me of nine eleven and how we had to defend our
country after that terrible day.
As I
continued to read this chapter I did not find answers, but rather many
questions which I feel will be talked through in class and possibly answered by
classmates. Most of my questions were formed by the author and possibly because
I do not understand his past or why he has decided to write something this deep
and troubling. I felt I struggled with the depth of this chapter because I have
never encountered something of this magnitude. I found myself struggling to
compute everything I read about this chapter as I struggled to put everything
together after reading this chapter.
This
chapter was very intense and a struggle to get through, yet reading this
chapter felt very heartfelt and was one I am glad I read. The chapter was
chalked full of great lines and an in depth look at a topic I would not
normally look at, but after reading it have a new look at the oppressed and the
oppressors.
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