Short Stories:

"The Prisoner Who Wears Glasses"

  南非
作者
Bessie Head
故事摘要

"The Prisoners Who Wears Glasses"中文摘要:

故事描述一群政治犯在獄中與新來獄吏(Warder Hannetjie)關係間的改變,透過其中一名戴眼鏡的囚犯(Brille)違規被罰而回想以往在家中管束小孩與參與政治的經驗,領悟到政治的暴力本質,並藉其目擊新獄吏偷拿物資並以菸草賄賂自己的機會告發獄吏偷竊之實情,以告發獄吏賄賂自己一事威脅獄吏要讓自己和獄中同袍們過較閒適之生活。

角色名字 戴眼鏡的囚犯Brille, 獄吏Warder Hannetjie
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"The Prisoner Who Wears Glasses":

1. How are the political prisoners presented in the story?  What are their relations with the warders like?  

2.  Why is Brille called this name?  Does he suffer from any of his weaknesses?  

3. How does Brille join politics?  How does he get to change his view of politics? 

4. How does Brille win over warder Hannetjie, who looks so tough?

5. To combine the above questions, what does the author think about power relation and politics? 

6. What does the prisoners’ wanting ‘Hannertjie [him] on [their] side’ mean?  In what way is he on their side?