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  1. Hi. My name is Christian said today I will be
  2. presenting the societal and communal guilt portion of our groups
  3. presentation. Um, so how we defined this form of guilt
  4. is feelings of guilt in the individual derived from being
  5. a part of or associated with a certain group.
  6. Um, this may seem vague until you kind of put
  7. it in context into the types of gill we're talking
  8. about, which include colonial, racial, national and gender based coat.
  9. All of which, uh, can inspire feelings of guilt in
  10. an individual which I derive from being a part of
  11. a larger group.
  12. Our associate it again.
  13. Ah, some places in the text and examples that we
  14. see in this and, uh, throughout the semester is in
  15. the first place.
  16. Heart of darkness.
  17. Marlowe feels an intense feeling of guilt just because, uh,
  18. well, portion because he sees courage as a role model,
  19. but also because, uh, he feels like he is part
  20. of the same organization of people is him.
  21. Ah. And after seeing all the wrongdoings he has committed
  22. against the pilgrims in the Congo, uh, he feels guilty,
  23. even though we had limited interaction with those people Also
  24. the fact that I was able to have such deep
  25. and, uh uh, let's say, explicit conversation with the people
  26. aboard of Steamship again.
  27. He's on a steamship for telling the story.
  28. To us.
  29. Ah is the fact it is a sign that it's
  30. a communal guilt because he is so able to share
  31. with other people.
  32. He feels that he may feel that these people have
  33. a mutual understanding or that they've gone through similar experiences,
  34. or that they are, to some extent responsible as well.
  35. Ah, for the wrongdoings of Kurds, et cetera.
  36. Ah, but to some extent it feels that way is
  37. able to share with us with them.
  38. And it kind of represents community killed another place we've
  39. seen. Ah, communal guilt is through Ah ah, India along
  40. the frontage road through Nikki and Nikki Father's experience with
  41. Andre and Andrei's father.
  42. Um, first, this is Nicky's first encounter with racism.
  43. Ah, his uncomfortable ity around Andre and Andrei's father is
  44. representative of is feelings of guilt.
  45. But, uh, the key thing here to see is the
  46. generational passing of guilt, the fact that the leg we
  47. so gagen so the long lasting effects of guilt which
  48. are also generational come from the fact that this form
  49. of guilt, uh is comes from the fact that, uh,
  50. it's sources so institutionalized, uh, in this case, racism Isa
  51. Soares. And because that is so institutionalised and meaning that
  52. it has its deeply engaged in the structure of how
  53. our civilization operates at this point, Um, it trying to
  54. phrase is very correct, please.
  55. So so again, because it's so institutionalised and so deeply
  56. ingrained in the structure of our society, it would be
  57. impossible for him to avoid it.
  58. Even in the daytime interactions has shown here, this is
  59. a day to day interaction and we can see here,
  60. uh, for ah, the passing of guiltier from Nicky's father
  61. to Nikki in this basically daily occurrence.
  62. And it shows the long lasting effects again of societal
  63. guilt, uh, and community moving on to ordinary love and
  64. goodwill. In the good road portion, we see again the
  65. passing of guilt from Bob to Tommy in this case
  66. and a much more explosive way.
  67. Bob physically punishes Tommy for his transgressions against the African
  68. American girl in his clothes, which secures that feeling of
  69. guilt and Tommy and represents a generational passing appeals in
  70. a much more to find way.
  71. Ah, but we also see socio economic jolt for in
  72. a in a mortified way again through bonds and security
  73. around that reactor.
  74. Mention girl's mother Uh, who you believe this rich is
  75. shown through his insecurity.
  76. And again, uh, is a form of communal guilt, uh,
  77. which he feels Ah, in his case is far more
  78. negative than positive in her gaze.
  79. Is Barbie more positive than negative?
  80. Um, Reon word to some of the key takeaways we
  81. could take away from this.
  82. So again we have some of the conflict.
  83. We talked about the long lasting effects, but we have
  84. a couple new things again the pros, the communicate ability
  85. of, ah, the feelings of guilt as well as a
  86. mutual understanding, which is president, as shown through Marlow and
  87. Hearted artist, which talked about but a couple different things
  88. that we haven't talked about.
  89. The fact that it's hard to separate yourself from those
  90. feelings of guilt when, uh or harder to separate yourself
  91. from an expectation of guilt as well when you were
  92. a part of these groups, as as opposed to when
  93. you are an individual or considered an individual of on
  94. the other side of that coin.
  95. Because you're part of a group, it might help you
  96. deal with those feelings of guilt and a better way
  97. because you are able to repent in its social way
  98. in a way where you can do it publicly and
  99. kind of deal with those and get confirmation acknowledgment from,
  100. Ah, now you're only your group.
  101. What other groups thank you for telling for your guilt,
  102. et cetera.
  103. Um, and so that might make it a little bit
  104. easier again when you're dealing with institutionalized nature and the
  105. organized nature of some of the talks were talking about,
  106. which include racism, pausing again when you're dealing with institutionalized
  107. topics such as racism, um, and deeply ingrained structures such
  108. as that it will often be harder to notice when
  109. you should feel guilty about things or when things go
  110. against your principles.
  111. Ah, which is even which is obvious with the meeting
  112. eating industry, or which is a great example with their.
  113. But it's also often harder to confront these things when
  114. you're doing with going as minority against majority of people.
  115. Uh, especially when you're part of a group is much
  116. harder to confront those problems in a meaningful way.
  117. Um, so the final lessons I want to get at
  118. our what I learned from Marlow sharing Marlowe sharing the
  119. emotions of the tense guilt with others can alleviate that
  120. stress. Talking about your stories talking about your experiences can
  121. make it a little bit easier on the other side
  122. of that coin.
  123. It's also were also because we're all part of groups,
  124. often blind Teoh things we should feel more we would
  125. otherwise from were guilty about, uh if we weren't, uh,
  126. in the perspective of a group or social norms that
  127. we are often blocked by, which prevent us from dealing
  128. with guilt in a meaningful way because the majority agrees
  129. with them.
  130. Um, but again, it's really important to remember that because
  131. you were part of a community because you are a
  132. part of society, if we can get over those obstacles
  133. of social norms, et cetera, then eventually we will have
  134. all the assistance we need to atone for guilt in
  135. a meaningful way and deal with those negative feelings as
  136. individuals and as a community, um, for a longer lasting
  137. period, with greater, more beneficial results in the future.
  138. Uh, thank you for listening