Reader Response 3


 

In 4-6 paragraphs, please respond to the following question. Make sure to upload your answer as a file attachment anytime before 11:59 PM Sunday April 17th.  

Did you answer the question being asked of you? Answer what is being asked of you. Tell me what you know, not what you don’t know. Please make certain to answer every part of the question and include plenty of direct examples-details from this week’s text. 

NOTE- You are only RESPONDING to the Fanon piece . Not the other material. Your examples-details should reflect the knowledge-insight you have gained from reading that specific piece. Ideas-examples from the supplemental material are welcomed, but that should not be your focus. 

Question 

Why does Fanon believe Europe cannot serve as a model for independence in the developing world? In his view, how has Europe succeeded? How has it failed? Does the conclusion to Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth constitute to call to revolution? Why or why not? 

 The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (marxists.org)