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These two works are compared and contrasted in a 4 page critical analysis. The writer emphasizes how violence in each society is portrayed. No other sources used.
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study. There are sharp contrasts in the book. Particularly in the description of the people, Page notes that there is a wide chasm between the haves and the have nots
as well as a contradictory elements of good and evil. Thus, the people of Brazil are shown to be very kind and gentle but a great deal of violence and
bloodshed is also apparent in the country. This contradiction is one of the most interesting elements of Page?s work. Within evil lies goodness. While Page displays a great deal of
violence in The Brazilians, it provokes one to think that maybe behind the violent individual, there is some goodness. The cities of Brazil are the ones most plagued with violence.
The cities are displayed as having more strife than the rural areas, something not unexpected. This point is exemplified throughout the work. Again, it is not an unusual or unexpected
find. Many of the elements of the book are somewhat shocking. Yet, reading about cities containing a great deal of violence is not quite that disturbing in this day and
age. Many American cities must cope with violence. Interestingly, the major difference between these people and say, hoodlums in the ghettos of New York, is pride. It appears that, even
though they live in a violent world there is a great deal of pride inherent in the people he describes. Similarly, Greenbergs Blood Ties shows the Mexican population
as a proud people. One gets a sense of this throughout the book, despite the elements of violence. One notable difference between the two books is that Page writes a
good deal about the cities whereas Greenberg focuses on rural communities. Still, despite their sharp differences from one another, each book portrays a unique culture, something very different from American
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