Let Me Speak Essay

In the books that we have read this semester, the theme of the masses being exploited constantly reoccurs in the novels. Two novels that we studied that demonstrate the exploitation of the masses are Let me speak and One day of life. When thinking about the quote, "Any critical examination of exploitation is at the same time a critique of capitalism, for capitalist relations of exploitation are central to capitalism” these two books immediately come to mind.
While reading Let Me Speak, the reader can see that Domitila was constantly looked down on as the wife of a miner and as a woman. When she begins to fight for justice, many people label her as an immoral person such as people from the Jehovah Witness group. Her communist ideologies caused
The role of religion is extremely significant in Let Me Speak, One Day of Life and Things Fall Apart. The religious beliefs of the elite usually impact the life of the masses.
In Things Fall Apart, Mr. Brown discusses Christianity with Akunna. While Akunna tries to compare his religion with Christianity, Mr. Brown refuses to accept these comparisons. Mr. Brown’s goal as a missionary is just to be able to gain some power so he could have a voice in the community to reach to people so he can encourage them to convert to Christianity. Once Okonkwo had to leave the village, everything started to change and the leaders of the villages lost power, which was an opportunity for the British to use religion as a tool to take over.
In One Day of Life, religion seemed to always be political because of the way the church was used. The priests in the church appeared to change based off who had more control in the area. Most of the Salvadorians were Catholic but the elite saw this as a communist religion. The Jehovah Witnesses religion was introduced by the Americans and the authorities seem to be connected to the Jehovah witness more then Catholicism. The authorities used the religion to control the beliefs of the