English 2601E Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Corporal Punishment, Odysseus
5 Feb 2019
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What is the point of making the girls wake up at 5am and having a cold shower. Making them part of white culture, ingraining discipline in them to make them like us. Giving them the bare minimum (no sheets etc) is less expensive, don"t have to clean. They don"t deserve better, give them bad food, bad bedding. Saving money, capitalism, getting as much out of people with the least amount of expenditure. They want to train them to be servants. Imperialism and capitalism always go hand in hand. Imperialism is one of the last stages of capitalism. She is older, but she is also unusual. Notices bars on windows, knows where to cross the river. Constantly has to face rebellion/complaints from her sisters. At various times she is helped, there are helpers along the way. Molly takes her place among her heroes of various other stories. Regimenting them to respect time, get started early, coordinate schedules.
