Estranha gente, para quem e fora de duvida que ninguem pode ser moral sem ler a Biblia, ser forte sem jogar o criquete e ser gentlemun sem ser ingles! E e isto que os torna detestados. Nunca se fundem, nunca se desinglesam.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People who think only the Bible, cricket, and Englishness make one moral, strong, and gentle are despised because they never integrate or change.
- In plain terms
- Those insisting on Bible, cricket, and Englishness as the only path are disliked for being inflexible.
- What can you take from it?
- Rigid cultural prescriptions can lead to social alienation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does cultural rigidity affect social cohesion?
- Can traditions coexist with openness?
Another view
It generalizes entire societies and ignores individual diversity.
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