Blindness Lesson Plan

Discuss the parallels between the women bathing in the rain and the doctor's wife washing them back in the hospital.

The bathing of the women in the rain is another illustration of the attempts of the group of women to maintain their humanity. This is one of the moments of humanity that counteracts the horrible depiction of humanity seen throughout the rest of the text.

This can be tied directly to the washing of the women's bodies after they were raped in the quarantine. The difference, however, is that the bath in the quarantine was a ritual of lamentation and of mourning, whereas the bath on the balcony is an affirmation of life.

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