The Crucible Critical Lens

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N. Sri Ram once said “ To be conscious of one’s ignorance is the beginning of wisdom. “ This means the first step of becoming a wise human being is noticing the faults of knowledge we have as a person, and being able to overcome certain struggles mentally and boosting ones intelligence. I agree with this statement because if you fall under the category as ignorant you obviously don’t have the amount of qualities regarding knowledge to be wise, and if you don’t know anything than you have nothing to be wise over. But if once overcomes ignorance they will experience certain things in life that allows one to become wiser. One piece of work that supports this is “ A Child Called It .“ The protagonist of the story Is David Pelzer, the story shows how a young boy overcomes an alcoholic mother who brutally tortures, beats and starves him, leaving him emotionally unstable. The story “ A Child Called It “ by David Pelzer, demonstrates how a young boy overcomes an alcoholic mother who brutally tortures, beats and starves him. The author uses conflict to support the idea that the first step of becoming a wise human being is noticing the faults of knowledge we have as a person, and being able to overcome certain struggles mentally and boosting ones intelligence. The major conflict of this story is between David and Mother. There are the obvious physical conflicts between them, which consist of Mother hurting David and David trying to survive. There is also the more subtle underlying psychological conflict between the two in which Mother is trying to reduce David to as little as possible and David is trying to maintain and shred of dignity. This proves the first step of becoming a wise human being is noticing the faults of knowledge we have as a person, and being able to overcome certain struggles mentally and boosting ones intelligence because David is trying to maintain his

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