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Activity Tell The Great Heist

The story depicts a poorly dressed man in front of a car dealership who attempts to steal promotional balls, prompting various reactions from bystanders, including fear and discomfort. The narrative highlights themes of violence and prejudice, particularly through the police's aggressive response to the man, who is perceived as a beggar. The title 'No One is Innocent' connects to the characters' moral dilemmas, contrasting the desperation of the man with the illicit activities of a university student involved in drug dealing.

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Activity Tell The Great Heist

The story depicts a poorly dressed man in front of a car dealership who attempts to steal promotional balls, prompting various reactions from bystanders, including fear and discomfort. The narrative highlights themes of violence and prejudice, particularly through the police's aggressive response to the man, who is perceived as a beggar. The title 'No One is Innocent' connects to the characters' moral dilemmas, contrasting the desperation of the man with the illicit activities of a university student involved in drug dealing.

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The Great Heist

Santo Amaro Avenue.


At 1 p.m.
A poorly dressed man stands in front of a closed car dealership and notices the promotional balls tied up.
at the door.
A police officer gets out of the vehicle, looks around, and observes a suspect standing in front of a car dealership.
The suspect is poorly dressed and barefoot.
A lady sitting on the bus bench that stops on the avenue to pick up passengers comments to the young woman sitting next to her.
side where there is a dirty beggar standing in front of a car dealership.
An elderly man passes by a very dirty man, holds his wallet, and begins to walk hurriedly. As soon as he notices the patrol car
parked a little further ahead, he feels safe, easing his steps.
A young man tries to dodge behind the stopped bus, the police he sees just ahead brings him discomfort, as his car
is filled with drugs that will be sold at the college where he studies.
The poorly dressed man decides to act, takes three steps forward, raises his hands, and grabs two promotional balls; he does the math.
quickly feels accomplished when she thinks that by selling the balls, she will buy something to drink. A girl alerted by the lady.
next to you on the bus, draws the attention of several passengers to the man who, according to her, is a beggar, and says loudly that he
just stole something from the dealership.
A young man with a car full of drugs to sell at his college sees a man running with two balls and reverses.
car seeing the police coming in its direction.
A police officer catches up to the poorly dressed man and hits him on the head with the handle of the revolver several times; the man considered as
a beggar pleads with the passengers of a bus in front, falls, and the balls roll on the asphalt.
A driver who has been driving the same route for eight years tries to keep the bus stopped to see the police kick.
I am in a badly dressed man who is lying on the sidewalk, but the traffic is clear, and he advances by running over and bursting.
two promotional balls.

FERRÉZ, No One is Innocent. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2006.

After reading the text, answer:

Describe the man who is in front of the dealership.


What does this fact awaken in the people who see it?
3) Does the story narrate a great robbery? Justify.
4) What connections can we establish between the title of the book from which this tale was taken and the different characters?
what appears in this story?
5) Identify:

Scenario:
Time:
Theme:

6) O foco narrativo está em: ( ) 1ª pessoa ( ) 3ª pessoa

Justify your answer with an excerpt taken from the text.

7) Identify in the text:

Initial Situation
Conflict
Final situation

What is the feeling of people towards the man?

Fear

9) Among the numerous problems of large cities are violence and prejudice. How does the text address these two?
themes?

10) Thinking about the theme of the tale, draw a parallel between the situation of the poorly dressed man and that of the university student who
is with drugs in the car.

11) Have you ever witnessed a scene of prejudice or violence? Write one or two paragraphs about it. If the
if the answer is NO, write how you see these issues.

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