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Sundiata's Effect On Character

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Physical disabilities can be crippling. Some disabilities you can overcome, but no matter what effect they leave physically, they have lasting effects on character. Sundiata had a “slow and difficult childhood” (D.T. Niane, 2004, 127) due to not having the use of his legs, and horrid social skills. As Sundiata grew, the other children were walking and playing, but Sundiata crawled and hit them (D.T. Niane, 127). The narrator describes Sundiata as gluttonous, and lame. These things can have a negative effect on character, and perhaps causing Sundiata to feel below expectations, and have an impending sense of responsibility to walk. The ridicule expressed towards him may have caused him to feel some sort of shame. Despite the negative impact

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