"My Aunt Gold Teeth" by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul is a short story that was originally published in 1958 in the Paris Review. Naipaul himself was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad, where the story is set, and like his characters in his story came from an Indian background, a family including pundits, religious experts with profound knowledge of the Vedas (Sanskrit texts sacred in the Hindu religion).
The first person narrator of the story is a child, but the narrative voice often veers from the first-person viewpoint of the child to omniscient narration. The narrator appears almost contemptuous of the aunt, characterizing her by extended and unflattering description. The two main outward elements of the characterization are the gold teeth, which we encounter at the opening of the story, and which give her the nickname she bears (she is always called "Gold Teeth" in the story). The second element in the description is her weight; the narrator seems both obsessed with and disgusted by the fact that she is very fat. On a psychological level, she is characterized mainly by her level of superstition. The narrator sees religion as something ignorant people approach as a form of magic,with Roman Catholicism and Hinduism as Gold Teeth practiced them simply a set of rituals used to gain practical benefits. Her constantly praying for children and the negative attitude of the narrator and other members of the community towards her barrenness is simply taken for granted and used as the occasion for discussion of her superstitiousness.
We are told that Ramprasad, Gold Teeth's husband, is a pundit, knowing all five of the Vedas, something highly respected in Hindu society, and also are informed that he is relatively well off (providing the money allowing her to replace her teeth with gold ones). Physically, he is characterized as having a huge appetite for food, and becoming ill over the course of the story, but he is an essentially flat character, mainly serving as a pretext for development of Gold Teeth's character and critique of the way religion and medicine together are simply seen as instrumental, as means to an end, an uncritical grasping of everything that might be potentially useful.
The characterization of Ganash is also one-dimensional, with his being open to many religious traditions and his reassurance of a worried wife about a sick husband treated mainly as an occasion to critique what most people would consider a capacious and humane approach to religion as cynical self-advancement:
In his professional capacity Ganesh was consulted by people of many faiths, and with the licence of the mystic he had exploited the commodiousness of Hinduism, and made room for all beliefs. In this way he had many clients, as he called them, many satisfied clients.
Answer:
Propaganda
Explanation:
Hitler used flashy signs and brilliant parades to show what it would be like to be a nazi. This allowed him to become leader of Germany. He then recruited a massive army of nazi soldiers. They were taught to think like hitler (in the sense of racism and world domination) and act upon these desires. This was mainly done theeough Hitler Youth because the younger minds were easier to manipulate. Hitler would also used flouride (which drops IQ for a time when taken in a larger dose than is in toothpaste) to lower soldiers IQ so they would blindly follow him and do everything he said.
This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question.
Read Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Which statement BEST summarizes the central idea of the text?
A
Dr. Mortimer has no idea what happened to his friend, Sir Baskerville, but is
being nosy and trying to get true information from Sherlock Holmes by
feeding Holmes a few facts.
B. Dr. Mortimer is suspicious that something ghostly or superstitious had a hand in the death of his friend. Sir Baskerville.
C. Dr. Mortimer does not want Sherlock Holmes to continue his investigation, so he is giving Sherlock Holmes false information without Holmes realizing it.
D
. Dr Mortimer is attempting to convince Sherlock Holmes that Sir Baskerville's butler, Barrymore, lied to the police because he had a hand in the death of Sir Baskerville
Answer: B. Dr. Mortimer is suspicious that something ghostly or superstitious had a hand in the death of his friend. Sir Baskerville.
Explanation:
Dr. James Mortimer is a family friend as well as the doctor of the Baskervilles, and the estate executor of the recently departed Sir Charles Baskerville. The Baskerville family is believed to be cursed by a sinister black hound. Mortimer thinks that Charles´death may have had something to do with that curse.
