Blindness: A Narrative Fiction

In the novel, Paradise of the Blind, written by Duong Thu Huong originally in Vietnamese and translated into English by Phan Huy Duong and Nina Mcpherson, the author constructs characters Aunt Tam and Uncle Chinh as analogs of conflicting political ideologies of 20th century Vietnam in order to display her opinions on its effectiveness in attaining proclaimed paradise. The characters are constructed to differently express the author’s voice towards extremist ideologies, Uncle Chinh

The Shakespearean tragedy, King Lear, is a significant play that explores the concept of blindness whilst communicating the importance of the theme for the characters King Lear and Earl of Gloucester. Blindness is in literary terms is defined as the inability of the eye to see, however in Shakespeare’s play blindness is perceived to be a mental flaw that people possess and is the catalyst for false decisions that eventually place the two characters into emotions of despair and regret. In the play, Lear’s self-delusion and his inability to determine between right or wrong and genuine or fake, leads him to a remorseful state. The prominent theme of blindness is explored throughout the play and in Act 1 Scene 1, responders are able to sight the

Most stories are made for enjoyment, and others are dedicated to family members or close ones. This one is different because Taylor dedicated the book to Dr. King’s dream of being not judge by their color but by the actions of one individual. The book shows that we should judge someone not by color and appearance, but by how someone acts. Philip began the story seeing but ended up becoming blind, but by being blind, he saw the world more clearly.

In Paradise of the Blind, Duong Thu Huong highlights the significance of children, whilst exploring their symbolism. This is done to show the hypocrisies within Vietnamese society. As Hang, the protagonist reflects on her childhood, the readers gain awareness of her Vietnamese culture, as well as how family is a continuously vital aspect. Children emphasise this constant closeness and demonstrate the rituals that have predefined their lives. The self-sacrificing ways of Que and Aunt Tam are proposed, showing the Vietnamese culture projected on Hang. However, Huong challenges the concept that children must act as a symbol of their family, asserting that it is vital for children to grow and find their own identity. The evolution of a prescribed upbringing is represented through repetition and juxtaposition to explore Huong’s intentions. Huong disagrees with

I plan to elaborate on the political aspects of Paradise of the Blind by writing a formal letter to the Vietnam government. The Vietnam government banned this book from the country because of the all encompassing political aspects included in the book. In the authors books all of the aspects of life are demonstrated and the total view was an unattractive image for the leaders. This book was banned because it went against what a government hopes to portray to their people. Duong Thu Huong worked for the Communist Youth Brigade at the age of 20 but was expelled from the communist party in 1989. She has been imprisoned numerous times for her outspoken support for human rights and

The interesting thing about this book, it reflect our daily behavior on how we making our decisions. It described the four common misleading shortcut on making decision, availability heuristic, representativeness heuristic, confirmation heuristic, affects heuristic. Common heuristic simplify our decision and save our time, however sometimes lead to costly mistakes. Furthermore Bazerman explained how we are automatically driven by system 1, which impact our decision quality. Our continuous bad habits such as, of self-overestimating, self-enhancement, over precision, ignore feedback from others are another examples of decision quality deformation.

This woman, who we are first led to believe is classy and being a dutiful citizen, even ends up as a killer. Because of this, Saramago’s is able to prove that even those who seem “good” are actually troubled themselves; that the human race itself is a flawed idea because it cannot function properly when opportunistic situations exist. The doctor, who himself has been a corrupt person, states that: “Fighting has always been, more or less, a form of blindness, This is different, Do what you think best, but don't forget what we are here, blind, simply blind, blind people,” (145). He points out everyone’s inferiority and how they really are stuck in their spot with no other way to act or rectify the situation. This exemplifies how both he and Saramago

The sinners dealt with in our past novels and the present novel Blindness empathetically been assigned the trait of ignorance. Thus, providing the root of sin and degration of lives, as relating to the treatment of people in the short story Somni in the novel Cloud Atlas. Focusing on Blindness, the ungreedy are horribly dealt with by the thugs with a "conscience with teeth to bite" (18). This quality of man is the result of how humans sometimes favor short-term luxuries over long term consequences. This can be related to the car thief of the blind man near the beginning of the novel. So evidently, Saramago uses greed for fuel of ignorance to corrupt reason in this novel, and diagnoses the "sensual appetite" (171) of humans as a

Blindness takes the main theme in this novel. The people in this society have no idea of the intelligence of the Invisible Man through this time. This is because of the expectation during this time period. Black people were still highly disrespected and not accepted socially. They were never given the chance to show what they could do just because the color of their skin. As the novel went on, we saw how Trueblood and Clifton were taken away from the idea of being there own person. They were both taken into society as just another black person that has nothing to offer, nor the education to do anything. The Invisible Man is the only one that blew out of the idea of what a black man can do in this time era. He broke the blindness with the white

Ann Marie awoke, which was odd, because she thought that she had killed herself. She opened her eyes, closing them again quickly when she saw a bright light. She sighed, it was probably a dream she had. But as she went to go stand up she felt a heavy feeling of, what felt like weights, on her back. She looked at her back and she gasped, she had wings on her back! She really did use the razor blade, but she got sent to heaven apparently... She tried to walk on her own, but her wings kept weighing her down and she could not keep herself standing upright. She didn't even know how to use her wings!

In the beginning of the story the narrator did not feel too good about the blind man in the first paragraph he says that the only experience he has had with blind people was in the movies when they were often the person that moved slowly and did not laugh. The narrator did not have such a positive view on people that were blind because the narrator thought they were people that he could not relate to and were for the most part simple. When the narrator's wife was talking about inviting the blind man over she says the that the blind man’s wife had just passed away and then mentions the name of his wife Beulah the narrator then immediately asks if she is a negro. The words that the narrator uses referring to the race of the blind man's wife indicates that he might have a bias or does not have a positive view on interracial marriage.

Partial blindness is the trouble or powerlessness to recognize hues brought on by issues with the shading detecting colors in the eye. The larger part of individuals who are visually challenged can't recognize red and green. Recognizing yellows and soul might likewise be dangerous, in spite of the fact that this type of partial blindness is less basic.

“You just want to lie here and revel in what you’re feeling. More time passes. The glory fades, not all at once, but eventually it is gone. Life feels flat.” (De Vries 65)

Slipping into them as he stood, he ran a hand through his mussed sandy-blonde bed hair, repeating Eve's list in his head. "We've got money. It might mean we have to wait for that place of our own a bit longer, but damn, if we kill God, we can live wherever we want, and we'd have to buy a car." Then he suddenly stopped and stared at Eve, expression downcast. "But, what about Jerry and Betty? They've been so good to us since we moved here, like the parents we never had, and I don't know if they can do without me at the store." A tear fell from his eye as he imagined letting down the the elderly couple who'd offered him a job, and allowed he and Evie to live in their trailer rent free. "Plus, we've never killed no-one

Temporal Blindness is where we are “time blinded” to what actually is going on in life due to a focus on what is going on right now at this moment. It is as if we put something major important in the back of our minds and then our actions are greatly dependent on that important thing we put in the back of our mind. In the Ramayana, Ravana is temporally blind when he decides to capture Sita, which ultimately leads to his death.