"The Hand of the blacks" Moral Lesson
- Taking care of one's self,
- Having respect and appreciation
- being honest and helpful
- helping others and build upon one's self
This short Story "The Hands of the Blacks" is written by Luis Bernardo Honwana.
Characters of the hands of the black
- Teacher - is the one who said that said that the palms of the Blacks’ hands were much lighter than the rest of their bodies
- Father Christiano - A priest try to explain to the narrator that the Blacks’ hands were much lighter than the rest of their bodies because they always went about with their hands folded together, praying in secret.
- Doña Dores - also explained that God made Blacks’ hands lighter so they would not dirty the food they made for their masters or anything else they were ordered to do that had to be kept clean.
- Señor Antunes - The coca-cola man
- Señor Frias - say's that God finished men and told them to bathe in a lake in Heaven. After bathing, the people were nice and white. The Blacks were made very early in the morning, the water in the lake was very cold, so they only wet the palms of their hands.
- Doña Estefania - explained that Blacks’ hands lighter simply because their hands became bleached with all that washing.
- Mother - The mother of the narrator explained it that “God made Blacks because they had to be. They had to be, my son."
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A plot of the Story of 'The Hands of the Blacks"
In the story narrator as he asks different people to explain the reason why the hands of black people are lighter than the rest of their bodies. He talks to his teacher first, who tells him that their hands are lighter because humans once crawled on the ground like four-legged animals, leaving their palms unexposed to the light. Next, the narrator speaks to three religious men, Father Christiano, Señor Antunes, and Señor Frias, who provide him with different religious explanations. The narrator states in the story that he once read a book that explained the phenomenon as the outcome of slaves picking cotton in Virginia. Last, the narrator speaks with his mother, who tells him that God created black people without lighter hands, but once he saw how they were mistreated by white people, he lightened their palms, He did this to show that while black people looked different, their work for God was just as important and valuable.
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"The hands of the Black" Reflection
- We are unique but behind our differences, we are the same.
- We are still the children of God. Physical appearances do not define what we are. Whether we are black or white or our skin tone is fair or not fair, we are still humans.
- We deserve equal respect in the eyes of all people. We may differ in appearance but we will always be the same in the eyes of God. That’s why there are things that shouldn’t be questioned anymore. If we were made like this, then we are like this.
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