UFRGS 2019
Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Obi was away in England for a little under
four years. He sometimes found it difficult to
believe that it was as short as that. It seemed
more like a decade than four years, which
[5] with the miseries of winter when his longing
to return home took on the sharpness of
physical pain. It was in England that Nigeria
first became more than just a name to him.
That was the first great thing that England did
[10] for him. But the Nigeria he returned to was in
many ways different from the picture he had
carried in his mind during those four years.
There were many things he could no longer
recognize, and others — like the slums of
[15] Lagos — which he was seeing for the first
time.
As a boy in the village of Umuofia, he had
heard his first stories about Lagos from a
soldier home …….. leave from the war. Those
[20] soldiers were heroes who had seen the great
world. They spoke of Abyssinia, Egypt,
Palestine, Burma and so on. Some of them
had been village ne'er-do-wells, but now they
were heroes. They had bags and bags of
[25] money, and the villagers sat …….. their feet
to listen to their stories. One of them went
regularly to a market in the neighbouring
village and helped himself to whatever he
liked. He went in full uniform, breaking the
[30] earth with his boots, and no one dared touch
him. It was said that if you touched a soldier,
Government would deal with you. Besides,
soldiers were as strong as lions because of
the injections they were given …….. the army.
[35] It was from one of these soldiers that Obi had
his first picture of Lagos.
‘There is no darkness there,' he told his
admiring listeners, `because at night the
electric shines like the sun, and people are
[40] always walking about, that is, those who want
to walk. If you don't want to walk, you only
have to wave your hand and a pleasure car
stops for you.' His audience made sounds of
wonderment. Then by way of digression he
[45] said: 'If you see a white man, take off your
hat for him. The only thing he cannot do is
mould a human being.'
ACHEBE, Chinua. No Longer at Ease. New York / London: Everyman’s Library, 2010. p. 162.
Assinale com V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) as afirmações abaixo, sobre o texto.
( ) O narrador afirma que as favelas de Lagos surgiram durante o período em que Obi viveu no exterior.
( ) Obi não considerou positiva a experiência de viver na Inglaterra, pois sofreu muito com os invernos.
( ) O narrador torna-se sarcástico ao apropriar-se da visão infantil de Obi quanto aos soldados e à cidade de Lagos.
( ) O texto faz uma referência aos conflitos raciais existentes na Nigéria.
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
F – F – V – V.
V – V – F – F.
F – F – F – V.
V – F – F – V.
F – V – V – F.
Resolução
Para solucionar a questão, analisamos cada uma das afirmações e as confrontamos com o texto apresentado. Nele, vemos que Obi passou quatro anos na Inglaterra, onde apesar de sofrer com os invernos, reconhece a importância de sua vivência para compreender melhor a Nigéria. No retorno, ele percebe diferenças entre a imagem que tinha do país e a realidade que encontra, particularmente quanto às favelas de Lagos e a visão dos soldados que conhecera na infância. O texto traz também uma referência implícita aos conflitos raciais da época, principalmente quando se fala em reverências ao homem branco e as desigualdades existentes. A resposta correta é (F, F, F, V).
Dicas
Erros Comuns
Factual reading: É importante reunir pistas no texto que confirmem ou neguem cada afirmação dada. Palavras e expressões-chave indicam elementos como ironia, comparação de lugares e menções a conflitos raciais ou sociais.
Inferência: Ao dizer que Obi nota as favelas pela primeira vez, não significa que elas tenham surgido durante sua ausência. Além disso, mesmo sofrendo com o inverno, ele ganhou outra perspectiva sobre a Nigéria, o que traz um aspecto positivo à estada na Inglaterra.
Contexto sociocultural: O texto insinua tensões raciais, pois mostra menções à presença de brancos e a atitude de reverência que se tinha em relação a eles, sugerindo uma situação de desigualdade ou conflito subjacente.
