1) The theme of the reading is the unfair treatment of people who did almost nothing to a person who is superior to them. In which that person or persons received a punishment and showed no real justice to anyone. They only made the problem or problems more complex and confusing.
2) In the first reading I thought it was very interesting that the priest defended these two slaves who had defied their master, and the law. I find it very refreshing that this priest would stand up for these people even after they had broken the law. It truly shows that people in this time truly do have high regard for moral law. I also think it’s interesting how the priest just let the slave diver have the salves back, in all reality knowing that they would be killed. Again there is probably nothing that the priest could have actually done to help the runaway slaves.
For some reason this reminded me of “The Hunch back of Notre dame” because there is an authority figure and they decide to persecute and point out the one person who is so different that everyone else. The authority figure and the town dwell on their differences and don’t even bother to look past the fact that this person is actually someone worth getting to know. Because your differences make you unique and no one should have to be put through something like this just because they are just that different.
-Amanda Webb
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