Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Critical Book Review

             This paper is a report containing a summery and my own opinion of the novel "Pedagogy
             of the Oppressed" by Paulo Freire. It is a well-written manifesto for the liberation of oppressed
             people everywhere. It speaks of love, unity, and knowledge as vital to creating a world of
             freedom; an end to the dialectical struggle of oppression and liberation. Freire has had a beautiful
             vision and has shared it with the world in the hopes that it will inspire, and cause others to stand
             up for their right to become more human.
             Throughout the book, one main point is expressed repeatedly-that the process of
             liberation is a mutual one, and that it must be achieved through praxis. True liberation, where the
             cycle of oppression and liberation is broken, leaving only a liberated society, can only be arrived
             at through the equal use of action and understanding. The people must understand the reasons,
             and the necessity of their revolution, as well as acting to liberate themselves, otherwise their
             action will be no more than pointless activism. According to Paulo Freire, there is one major
             driving force behind the movement for liberation from oppression-that is the desire of all people
             to find their humanity. If a person is oppressed, then he or she is prevented from being seen as a
             complete human being by the upper class, who sees the oppressed as mere objects. Members of
             the oppressive class consider themselves, and only themselves, as human. Only through an act of
             love, by rising up in revolt with the goal of freeing the oppressed and the oppressors alike, can
             In the second chapter Freire describes the educational system's role in dominating the
             oppressed, as well as providing an alternate method of education that will teach the people to
             think, in effect empowering them. He begins by describing the current system of education, the
             banking system. It revolves around the idea of st...

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